John Lillis Thomas E. Bramlette
- Document Genre
- Petition
- 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
- Box / Folder
- BR8-23
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0015
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- FTP Identifier
- 32202902
Citation
John Lillis Thomas E. Bramlette, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-004-0015 (November 12, 2026).
To The Governor of Kentucky:
Your Petitioner, John Lillis, represents, that the Police Court of the city of Frankfort recently imposed two separate fines upon him of $10. each and costs, for selling liquour without license.
He states that he gave some liquor to a sick man, but refused to take pay for it — The sick man insisted on paying him for the liquor; but he refused to receive it — the sick man then threw a piece of money on the floor and started out, and your Petitioner started about the same time to the cars that were just coming in, and cannot say what became of the piece of money — he is certain however that he never received it. He gave this same sick man something to eat at the same time, but charged him nothing for what he eat or drank. For this he has been fined. He prays to be relieved from this fine. He has four orphan children to raise, and is quite poor, and unable to pay these fines.
John Lillis.
We recommend the Governor to pardon Lillis.
P. SwigertRespite 6 mos
T E Bramlette
vs
John Lillis
Respited
6 months