John Fahay to Thomas E. Bramlette
- Document Genre
- Petition
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- 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
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- BR10-270 to BR10-271
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-0823
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- 32203710
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Citation
John Fahay 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-0001-004-0823 (November 14, 2026).
To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky
Your Petitioner John Fahay would respectfully state that he was convicted at the
Your petitioner has a wife & three children who would be entirely helpless in the event of the sentence beeing enforced. Your Excellency is respectfully refered to the signers of this petition.
Your petitioner prays your Excellency to Grant him a pardon
John ^his X mark^ Fahay
Gov Bramlett
In the absence of J. R. Dupuy, the Commonwealth's Atty, I prosecuted in the above case. Fahy was guilty. It is, I think, his first offence. The property
was restored the day it was taken.
The man has a large family, much needing his daily labor for a support. His wife is almost heart-broken. It is a case for Executive clemency
I am very truly
Yr Friend
J. G. Wilson
I know very little of the case the wife of the dft seems to have three children & I am told is a good woman & has no reliance for a support for her family except upon the labor of her husband
J R Dupuy
Under all the circumstances I am induced to ask the petitioner's pardon. It may not be a case for Executive clemency, but it is a much better case than that of Brockman or Brown.
Resptly &c
P. B. Muir
Jefferson Cir Ct
vs
John Fahay
Pardon granted
Tho E Bramlette
Govr of Ky
Grand Larceny
one year