Petition

Lewis Fiefsinger 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
BR10-168 to BR10-169
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-0764
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FTP Identifier
32203651

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Dates
1864-04
--10
1864-04-26
1864-04
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Lewis Fiefsinger 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-0001-004-0764 (November 14, 2026).

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To His Excellency Thos Bramlet
Governer of the Commonwealth of Ky.

Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the April term 1864 of the Union Circuit Court Robert Ransom was convicted of suffering and permitting gaming in his house at which whiskey Brandy and Beer was won and lost. Under the instructions of the Court, the Jury were bond to find him guilty and affixed the lowest penalty of the law to-wit two Hundred dollars. We are convinced from the Evidence that Mr Ransom did ^not^ intend or contemplate a breach of law in allowing said games and that the fine is greatly too large and onerous for the offence We therefore pray your Excellency to remit said fine and we of the Jury who were impaneled in and tried said case recommend Mr Ransom to the Clemency of Your Excellency and in our opinion have no hesitancy in saying that he is worthy of it and that Clemency should be extended to him all of which is respectfully submitted

Names of the Jury who tried the cause
Louis Fiefsinger
Wm ^X^ Bery
Joseph Potts
J, G, Filpinger
John P Medley
Thee Boone
Jones Hill Jurey
H Weil
John T Seat Jurey
C B Hayer Jurey
Logan Brown

H B Riddle
E. M. Gilmore
Wm. P. Riggs
John. B. Albert
James Agin
William A Smith
B J Berans
[Mynes] Griggs
John Graham
G W Raley
F. A Brooks
B M Winston
Hiram Smith Jr

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R A Spacoing (Dont Do so agin)
M. R. Waller
Robert Spalding A Juror
George W Anderson Juror
E A Hager
I was a Juror at the Oct term 1863 when there was a mistrial
E, G, Smith (a Juror)
John, L, Bowen (a Juror)
Samuel Poor (a Juror)
W B [Scott] (a Juror)
Fee wathers (a Juror)

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Names of Juror at the last October term when there was a Mistrial

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Morganfield
April 26th 1864
Dr Sir

Enclosed is a petition which Ihe hope you have time to examine & act on as soon as possible. You will the names of all the Jurors who tried the Case except one, who would have signed it but was absent at his home.

Very Truly
Ben A Cissell

Union Cir Ct

Refused
Thos E Bramlette

Union Circuit Court
April Term 1864

The following are the Jurors who tried the case of the Commlth agst Robt Ransom To wit: Saml Por, E. G Smith, C B Hagar, J. V. Brown, J S Bowen, Wm Holt J. L. Scott, & James Hill of the regular pannell and Washington Perry, Geo W. Anderson, Frank Wathers and Robt Spalding from the bystander. Given under my hand as Clerk of the Union Circuit Court.

D. C. James C, U, C, C