Leonard Farmer et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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KYR-0001-004-0167

Document Genre

Petition

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867

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BR8-271

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

n.d.

Dates Mentioned

1861-04

1863-10-26

Leonard Farmer et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, n.d., Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR8-271, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0167, (accessed December 21, 2024).

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To his Excellency Governor Bramlett,
Frankfort Kentucky

We, the undersigned Petitioners would respectfully inform Your Excellency that at the April Term of the Harlan circuit Court 1861, Francis Pace, a citizen of this county was convicted of the Crime of Bigomy and sentenced to Three years confinement in the Kentucky Penitentiary We, inform Your Excellency that at the time He was convicted He was verry young verry ignorant and verry poore, had but few Friends, had no counsel and in fact, He did not know what plea or what proof was necessary to Acquit him. We further inform Your Excellency that we, believe He was not guilty as charged and that if He had been tried fairley He would not of been convicted, but even should He be guilty we think Two years and Six Month at hard labour is severe a Punishment enought to satisfy the Commonwealth for the crime-- We have never seen but one Woman who said she was his wife and if He had any other We think she is satisfied with his absence and denies his being her husband --

We, hope your Excellency will extend to the poor and needy ~~that~~ a Degree of Charaty which is vested in you by the Constitution.

We tharefore Hope and petition your Excellency to pardon the said Pace,

Leonard Farmer
John Jons Jr
William Clem
Lewis Farmer
Hy Jennings (Jailer)
Wm. C. Farmer
Lewis Farmer Jr
Jos. Farmer
Speed Jones
JnoJones sr.

Harlan Cir Ct
vs
Francis Pace
Bigomy
Pardoned
26^th Oct/63

Oct 26^th 1863

This Petition contains no sufficient reason for executive clemency. Where unjust conviction is relied upon, the evidence must be set forth that the Gov^r may form his own judgement; the application was rejected but from the representations and upon application of Co^lJas Garrard, Esq Powell & the Keeper of the Penitentiary, a pardon is ordered.

Tho E Bramlette
Gov^r of Ky

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