Randal Parks seeks a reprieve from the death sentence imposed upon him "for stealing Negroes as the laws in this case direct." Currently "in Jail in the Town of Halifax," Parks "begs leave to represent ... that a petition was drawn and signed by a number of respectible Persons in the Town and County of Halifax praying his Excellency the Governor to pardon him from the execution of the sentence." Now being advised to seek a pardon from the General Assembly, Parks prays "that a pardon may be issued relieving him from the agonies of death, when it is likewise the request of many of those who are acquainted with him."
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
