Petition

Robert Rosenfield 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
BR10-26 to BR10-27
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0669
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FTP Identifier
32203556

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Dates
--04
--03
1864-04-21
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Citation

Robert Rosenfield 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-0001-004-0669 (November 15, 2026).

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To His Excellency
Thomas E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Robert Rosenfield would respectfully state that he was fined one hundred dollars on a scire facias at the April Term of [...]City Court of Louisville. The facts of the case are these. Petitioner was a Witness in a case of the Commonwealth against A. Kingsley charged with a misdemeanor. Said case was continued for five consecutive Terms of Said court & your petitioner was in attendance every term, but when the case was called at the March Term your petitioner was not present, but arrived within five or ten minutes. Petitioner was recognized in open court & upon the slight fault mentioned above he was tried upon a scire facias & fined as above stated. For the truth of the state

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ments made by petitioner your Excellency is refered to the statement of Phil Tompert Jr the Clerk of said Court. Your petitioner is a poor man totally unable to pay such a sum of money, & as he intended no wrong he prays your Excellency to remit the fine

Verry Respectfully
Robert Rosenfield

I was the only wits in this case, and the above state ments are true

Phil Tomppert Jr C C C L

Govenor Bramlette
Dear Sir

The petitioner Robert Rosenfield is a clever man & if the case of any one ever presented stronger grounds for remission we have never seen it. We heard the case & the statements in the petition are true as the attestation of the Clerk of the Court showes.

Direct to us
Very Respectfully
Baird & Price

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Louisville City Ct
vs
Robt Rosenfield } Scire facias
$100

Remit except fees & costs
Apl 21st 1864
Thos E Bramlette