J. C. Mitchell et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-11-18
- Date of Creation
- November 18, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Dover, Mason 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
- BR12-12 to BR12-13
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1302
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204189
- People
- Dobyns, Arthur F.
- Bacon, Benjamin Langford
- Gibbons, E. A.
- Anderson, Ethan
- Long, F. William
- Mitchell, J. Coburn
- Reynolds, James W.
- Anderson, John
- Brock, John
- Bacon, John G.
- Tabb, John. F.
- Smith, M.
- Anderson, Marcus
- Conway, Nathaniel Franklin
- Anderson, Paschal J.
- Jennings, Paschal M.
- Serhann, Richard C.
- Evans, Robert T.
- Yen, S. S.
- Bledsoe, Theodore W.
- Curran, Thomas A.
- Westfall, Thomas C.
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Anderson, Thomas P.
- Crupper, William B.
- Jennings, William
Citation
J. C. Mitchell et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-11-18, 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-0001-004-1302 (November 12, 2026).
Dover Ky
To His Excellency,
The Governor of Kentucky —
The undersigned citizens of Dover Mason County Kentucky, would respectfully represent that, at the
Mr Dobyns was indicted and fined under the law, which prohibits any one from allowing gaming on his premises: And while that law meets with our hearty Sanction and approval; we are, in his case, reminded most forcibly, that laws just and humane in their general operation, are often in individual instances oppressive and unjust. Mr Dobyns it appears from the Evidence adduced upon the trial allowed a party of of gentlemen at his private residence; to indulge in a game of cards, the object of which must have ^been^ amusement, as the sums bet were too insignificant to deserve the name of gaming. He very frankly admitted to the Court that he and his friends, (as was customary in the neighborhood) occassionally, at his house, played games of cards the main object of which was pastime. And though small sums of money were bet at these games, he never, for a moment, thought they constituted a legitimate Subject of Enquiry for a Grand-Jury. Even the Court, as we are informed, in adjudging the fine against him, regretted its want of discretion in the case.
In view of the above statements, the undersigned pray the fine may be remitted.
Most Respectfully.
Mason Cir Ct
vs
A. F. Dobyns
$200.
Remitted