Lizzie Williams 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
- BR9-287 to BR9-288
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0494
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32203381
- People
- Bruce, Benjamin Gratz
- Carr, Charles D.
- Wickliffe, Charles H.
- Wolf, David F.
- Parrish, Edward H.
- Letcher, George R.
- Chrystal, James
- Cochran, James W.
- Lee, John W.
- Lanckart, Joseph
- Wingate, Joseph, Jr.
- Williams, Lizzie
- Thompson, Milton G.
- Reynolds, Otha A.
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Smith, Thomas
- Spencer, Wesley
- Williams, William M.
- Murphy, William
- Nichols, William P.
- Bruce, William Wallace
- Organizations
- Lexington City Court
Citation
Lizzie Williams 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-0001-004-0494 (November 12, 2026).
Your petitioner would respectfully submit to your Excellency the following statement of facts. and ask the remission of the fine here after mentioned.
At the In
Your petition was arrested when on the premises of Mr Williams and in the discharge of her duty — Mr Williams, at the time, was absent in Louisville on business. She says she had, when arrested, a kitchen butcher knife which the wintesses said was concealed.
She was ignorant of any law against carrying concealed weapons and pleads her ignorance in mitigation of the offence. The costs have been paid, including attys fee of 30 per cent, and prays your excellency to remit the ballance.
Lizzie Williams X
Her mark
We the undersigned would respectfully request the remission of the above fine —
The fine was inflicted by the Judge of the City Court and was brought up before the City council for remission; but before the question was taken were we were informed it was a state law and that we had no right to remit, We believe you should exercise your clemency to remit the fine
Jos. Wingate Mayor
Wm Murphy City Marshal Lex
J W Cochraal
Wm D Bruce
B G. Bruce
James Chrystal
E H Parrish
John W Lee.
Thos Smith
O A Reynolds
Wesley Spencr
D. F. Wolf } Members of the City Council &c vos
Chas H WickliffDep [...]
Geo K Letcher Clk Lex City Ct
M. G. Thompson
We are close Neighbors of Mr Williams's
W P. Nichols-Z. Lanckart } 4th House on same side 1st adjoining Lot Same fence Between
Remit except fees & costs
Tho E Bramlette
Lexington City Ct
vs
Lizzie Williams
$50
concealed Weapons