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Thomas H. Corbett et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1863-10-02

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Thomas H. Corbett et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-10-02, 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-0001-004-0154 (November 12, 2026).

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Blandville Ky Octor 2^nd 1863
To his Excellency
Thomas E Bramlett
Governor of Kentucky
Respected Sir —

The undersigned citizens of Ballard County — Will respectfully state to your Excellency, that at the last September Term of the Ballard Circuit Court. James McCawley & Wesly Garrett was tried on an Indictment for Keeping a gaming house, they were Indicted Jointly and fined two hundred Dollars, The Commonwealth proved that they had suffered games of cards played in there Coffee house upon which Cigars and drinks of whiskey was bet won and lost, your petitioners will further state to your Excellency, that M^cCawley & Garrett have been citizens of this county for a number of years, and we know them to be respectable high minded law abiding citizens, and we further state that had they of known that it was against the law, to suffer men to play cards in their house for cigars or for drinks of whiskey, that they would have been far from suffering the like done in there house, It was the first and last case of the kingd against them, they are men of families and of very

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limated means, under all the circumstances your petitioners respectafully say that the payment of the aforesaid Judgement by the aforesaid M^cCawley & Garrett would be a great hardship upon them,

Your petitioners therefore asks your Excellency to Interpose & release them of said find, as the case is one in the Judgment of your petitioners, that deserves Executive Interpositions

And your petitioners will
ever pray &c

Thos H Corbett
J. M. Holteman
P, A, Bondurant

A, S, Taylor,

J H M, Billington

P. McGanies
W H Watson
Z Eliott
C N Rollings
J A. Carpenter
J R Green
H Ryan
T, Haydn
W C Ray
J. J. Rollins
J. E. Rollins
H. S. Smith
J. H. Puntney
Daill uneel