E. G. Evans to Thomas E. Bramlette

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KYR-0001-004-1664

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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

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BR13-137 to BR13-138

Date of Creation

29 April 1865

Dates Mentioned

1865-03

1865-04-29

1865-05-03

E. G. Evans to Thomas E. Bramlette, 29 April 1865, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, BR13-137 to BR13-138, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-1664, (accessed November 5, 2024).

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To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett. Gov. of Ky

Your petitioner would state that he was indicted in the Barren Circuit Court sometime back for an assault made opon one Joseph Bery. And was too unwell to attend the trial and was fined $150. that judgment being so outrageous and rendered in the absence of your Petitioner, that he appealed to your Excellency and you remitted so much of it as was in your power to do, for which he is thankfull.

He states that the time since judgment was rendered the atty for the Commonwealth took a forfeiture of his bail bond for his appearance under said indictment and at the March term 1865 of said Court obtained a judgment for $100 against your Petitioner upon said forfeiture,

Your petitioner states that upon the 2~~^st~~^nd day of the term at which ^said^ trial was had for said Assault he attended Court with his witnesses he was Summoned upon a jury on said second day of Court to try a man charged with murder and continued upon said jury until late a fridy evening after Tuesdy. When he went home some ten miles, intending to return the next day to Court with his witnesses to be ready for his own trial, but was taken that night ~~was~~ with a violenst attack of such head ache, to which he is very subject
which attack he thinks was superinduced by seting in the Court room for severel days upon said jury near to two stove fires. And on saturdy morning he was too sick to to attempt to go to town, and did not go, in ^the^ forepart of that day he was very sick towards noon he felt a little better, and did go to Cave city 2 miles to get some coffee but the evening he got worse and continued so nearly all the next day Sundy. but got better by the next (mondy) day and started to town with his witnesses, to attend said trial, but was informed the trial had been on saturdy, he dismissed his witnesses, but went on to town himself, your petitioner has been this particular in seting out the foregoing facts to show to your Excellency that it was no fault of his that he did not appear in discharge of said Bail bond, and having been tried in his abcense as already stated, he supposed the atty for the Commonwealth wasould certainly dismiss the summons upon the level, but he refused to do so, a trial was had When your petitioner was poorly prepared to show his true condition upon said day of trial when he was fined for said assault, though he introduced two witnesses, he has since obtained some affidavits which he here sends you

He thinks this judgment of $100.00 wrong from the begining to the end, that it is unjust and a great hardship, that he is a poor man and labors under much bodily affliction, He therefore asks your Excellency to remit said fine

E G Evans

{Revenue Stamp}< W F G
April 29 1865 >

Sworn to before me E. G. Evans April 29^th 1865

W. F Evans J. B. C. C

E. G. Evans
Petition
Gov. Bramlett

Mr. Page assistant Sec.

If the Gov. grants this remittance -- forward it to me and I will send you your fee

W F Evans
Glasgow Ky

Remitted
Richard T. Jacob
Lt. & act. Gov.

Barren Co
vs
$100
E G Evans

Remitted
3^d May/65

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