John Delaney to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-10-08
- Date of Creation
- October 8, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Carlisle, Nicholas 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
- BR12-53 to BR12-54
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1319
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204206
Citation
John Delaney to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-10-08, 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-0001-004-1319 (November 12, 2026).
Carlisle
To His Excellency T. E. Bramblet Gov. of Ky.
Your Petitioner John Delaney says he was lately tried in the Nicholas Circuit Court to wit, at its
He says the proof was that Barnett had threatened to shoot him which was the Cause of the stabbing- The stabbing was done with a pocket knife & did not inflict a Very serious wound —
Your Petitioner would state that he is subject to fits which he is satisfied affects his mind & causes the least thing some times to throw him into excitement of an uncontrolable character & this & not the provocation he believes caused the cutting- Barnett & himself were on good terms, but ^Barnett^ was made mad by Your Petitioners hitting him in the face with a snow Ball- He says he & his Mother & another replevied the fine but he is poor & not able to pay it- He therefore asks its remission & will ever pray &c-
John Delaney
We were jurors in Delaneys case above & we think the fine ought to be remitted
John Delaney
Petition
Nicholas Cir Ct
vs
John Delaney
$50,
Remitted