Z. M. Bugg et al. to 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
- BR9-274 to BR9-275
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0488
- Rights
- This image and its transcription are freely available to the public. Images appear courtesy of Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Transcriptions and annotations were created by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. When referencing this document, please use our preferred citation.; The use of transcriptions, images, or annotations from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce any material on CWGK is required.
- FTP Identifier
- 32203375
The Civil War Governors of Kentucky editors are working on annotations for this document. Check back to explore the people, places, organizations mentioned in this document.
Citation
Z. M. Bugg et al. to 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-0001-004-0488 (November 12, 2026).
To His excelency James F Robertson Thomas E Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the undersigned your petitioners, would most respectfully represent that at the indicted tried upon an indictment for a breach of the Peace and fined the Sum of Eighty three dollars, and two weeks confinement in the County Jail. Now the undersigned would farther represent, that Mr Garner is a very young man, and withal as a general rule a law abiding, and orderly walking youth and could not we think have been betrayed into the Commission of the Offence charged but for the presence of unfortunate circumstances of agrevation and excitement. The Offence charged, in the bill of indictment, was committed about the time of the commencement of the unfortunate dificulties which distract our unhappy Country,- a time when legal and moral restraints, were everywhere thrown to the winds and all the evil passions of our nature were turned loose. Mr Garner, being a youth, at the time, and having conducted himself well, before & since the commission of the offence, and with all a poor many man, and wholy wholy unable to pay the fine, we earnestly think his case is one in which the Executive clemency should be extended. An aditinoal reasen for Executive, ^interposition^ is the fact that since the commission of the offence charged, and of which he was convicted, Mr Garner has changed his relations in life, and now has a young family dependent upon him for support, who will be disgraced by his imprisonment, and ^suffer^ great pecuniary embaresment by the rigid enforcement of the law in the
collection of the fine. For the reasons offered above the undersigned would respectfully ask your Excellency to interpose the prerogative of Mr Mercy as far as the Executive may in relieveing the young man from fine and imprisonment and as in duty will ever pray &c —
Z M Bugg
Thos H Corbett
Jas. McCauley
Asa Richardson
S J Thurmond
W, C, pairy.
John S Ray
W S Watson
W. H. Watson
Asa Richardson
S, B, Coil
D P Jurett
L, R, Rich
Thomas Garrett
James L Hines
Felix W Underhill
Darius Hatcher
J, M, Holteman
Smith Garrett
J Corbett
W. W. Griffey
W. B. [Shelton]
J. R. Green
A, P, Hall
Henry, [Eleion]
Wm Garrett
G W Utterback
T J Juett
L. W. Weaver
J. M Unsell
G W Martin
David Miller
F. M Harrisson
C Armstrong
Wesley Watson
F M Watson
James Muncel
John Muncel
Juleus Bongarent
Thomas Johnson
Laf Rich
G, L, Good
G, A, Flood
John Swafford
J. H. Garren
W B Lynn
Wm Meshew
Thomas Flood
J T Tayler
Joseph Kimmel
J. P. Edwards
Swansen [Wallon]
B,, F,, Billington
Pet Peter Kaletin
J N Mesher
W A Scott
M W Garett
James, C, Shrode
John Dewese
Howard Atherton
F M Atherton
W C Atherton
Rufus M Cavett
James ellington
James Derrey
A Surnes
Jackson Harper
William Harper
Uria Harper
thomas Agens
Joseph masters
Richerd lynn
Jenes. Watson
Johnson dewese
James dwenese
G. ash. Linn
J D White
John L. Murray
Ballard Cir Ct
vs
Respite 12 mots
Tho E Bramlette
Francis Garner
$83,
Assault.