Michael Brannon to Thomas E. Bramlette

Accession Number

KYR-0001-004-2159

Document Genre

Correspondence

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

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

Item Location

BR14-389 to BR14-390

Place of Creation

Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

7 August 1865

Dates Mentioned

1865-08-07

1865-08-08

To His Excellency Hon Tho E Bramlette Gov of Kentucky

The undersigned Michael Brannon states that at the last July term of the Bourbon Circuit Court he was fined $50 upon an indictment for assault and carrying concealed weapons. He states that the assault was made in an unfortunate moment of intoxication which he deeply regrets and will edeavor to avoid the repetition of any thing of the sort in the future. He is a very poor man and unable to pay the fine. He pledges himself to deport himself as a quiet orderly citizen as he has always heretofore ^done^ with the single exception above referred to and prays that the fine may be remitted

Michael ^his X mark^ Brannon

The undersigned are aquainted with the petitioner Michael Brannon and from our Knowlege of his general good conduct cheerfully concur in the petition for the remission of the fine against him

J A Prall
A, S, Thomson
Allen Bashford
R J. Brown
Tho P. Smith
W^m M. Samuel

Paris Ky Aug 7^th 1865
W J Samuels Esq
Dear friend

I send Enclosed a petition which I would to obliged to you to present I send also the asst secty^s fee

Yours truly
H Prall

Bourbon Cir Ct
vs
H. Brannon
$50.
Assault &c
remitted
8^th Aug /65

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