Petition

J. D. Gilliss to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-08-25

Date of Creation
August 25, 1864
Place of Creation
Whitley Court House, Whitley County, Kentucky
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
BR11-291
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1165
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32204052

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1864-03
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J. D. Gilliss to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-08-25, 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-0001-004-1165 (November 14, 2026).

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Whitley Court House
Whitley County Ky.
August 25th 1864,
His Excellency.
Thomas E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner J. D. — Gilliss would respectfully ^represent^ to your Excellency that in the Whitley Circuit Court at its March Term 1864, he was indicted and at the present August Term of said court he was fined ^$20.00 (twenty Dollars^ upon said indictment for Tipling — or selling Liquor without being sworn as required by a late act of the Legislature.

Your Petitioner states that at the request of a friend the owner of a Grocery. he (your Petitioner) went into the Grocery to aid the Clerk in keeping order &c. — that he was engaged in the Grocery but little more than one day, that he had no interest in the Grocery. that he was not sworn and consequently was indicted and fined.

Your Petitioner states that he did not know of any Law making it necessary for him to be Sworn; and as he did not intend to violate any Law. and as he is not well able to pay — even so small a fine as $20,00. — he asks your Excellency to remit the fine.

J. D, Gilliss

Gov. Bramlette the above is a law abiding citizen & I have no doubt that he innocently violated the law think his fine ought to be remitted & hope your Excellency will remit the same

H F Finley

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Whitley Cir Ct
vs
J D Gilliss
$20 —
Remit
Tipling
8th Sept/64

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Gov Bramblet

I hope that you will remit this fine I know that it ought to be remited

Granville Pearl

and So do I.

W. H. Randall