T. C. Jackson et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

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KYR-0001-004-1627

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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

Item Location

BR13-82 to BR13-83

Date of Creation

28 March 1865

Dates Mentioned

1865-02

1865-03-28

1865-06-02

--06-02

1865-06-03

T. C. Jackson et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 28 March 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR13-82 to BR13-83, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-1627, (accessed June 16, 2024).

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To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky:

The undersigned citizens of Marion County Kentucky would respectfully represent that at the last February Term of the Circuit Court within and for the County aforesaid Mrs Irena Murphy was fined the sum of twenty Dollars for retailing spiritous liquors without a license. There was but one instance of selling proven, but they say that Mrs Murphy is and was at the time of the alleged selling a poor widow with two little children to support, (her boys having enlisted in the army of the United States at the beginning of the War.) and with no one to depend upon but herself. They say that in view of all the circumstances, that she was and still is a poor but honest and respectable woman, who cannot without being put in great distress and inconvenience pay the fine imposed upon her, that if really guilty of selling the liquor it was to enable her to obtain an honest lively hood for her self and her little children, it would be a praiseworthy Exercise of Executive clemency to remit said fine, and they accordingly pray your Excellency to do so -- and as in duty bound &c --
March 28^th 1865 --

T. C. Jackson
Jno F Wilburn
B Spalding
W. T. Knott
S A Spalding
W. J. Fisk
John D Belden
R Hite
J. H. Kirk
J H Sanders
H D Gilmore
Lee Phillips
J. L. St. Clair
W Edmondson

The undersigned Jurors who set upon the case of the Case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v' Mr^s Irena Murphy would repsectfully say that we consider said case as worthy of Executive clemency and would therefore recommend the remission of the fine --

Sam. Spalding
Wm Bigger
G H Spears
Fletcher, Wilson,
James Elder
W^m Proctor, M^cElroy
Wm A molohon
Thomas. H. Johnson

Hon T. E. Bramlette

Sir. Above you will see that eight of the twelve Juryman that tried the case of Comlth against Mrs Irena Murphy for Selling whicky have signed the Petition for remittance, and could the remaining four have been seen I have no doubt but they would have signed the same as the Jury all ~~kew~~ ^knew^ deft to be a poor & needy Widow lady

yous & ^c
T. C. Jackson C. M. C. C

June 2 1865

Hon B. Spalding
Frankfort Ky

{LE[NON] KY
JUN
2}

Marion Cir Ct
vs
Mrs Irena Murphy
for $20
Tipling
3^d June 1865

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