John S. Jones 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
- BR12-67 to BR12-68
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1327
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204214
Citation
John S. Jones 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-0001-004-1327 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency Govenor Bramlette of Kentucky
Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that in and James Jones and John W Grubb entered into a Bail Bond before P Hines Police Judge of the Town of Bowling-Green Ky (he having held an examining Court) for the appearance of Jessee McCormick in the Warren Equity & Criminal Court at the at at said Court in pursuance said of said Bond, and the Commonwealth took a forfeiture of said Bond for the sum of Four hundred dollars which was the amount of the Bail fixed by said Police Judge,
Your petitioners would further represent to your Excellency that sd Jessee McCormick was a young man Just grown to manhood and ^was^ easily alarmed & was influenced by some evil disposed persons to leave the Country and not stand his trial. They would further represent, that all the parties above mentioned against whom said forfeiture was taken, are poor men with Families to support, except William
Halsell who is in moderately good circumstances, to pay said amount of four hundred dollars would be very oppressive upon them. Your Excellency gave a respite some time since of Twelve months which time has nearly elapsed They would feel under lasting obligations if your Excellency would relieve them altogether from the payment of said sum of Four hundred Dollars,
John S. Jones
James J McCormick
James Jones
John, W, Grubbs
Jas M. Halsell
Wm Halsell
We respectfully ask that the foregoing petition be granted
I state that I was the County Attorney and prosecuted Jessee McCormick in the Examining Court, and from the proof that was introduced on the trial I feel confident that on the final trial he would have been acquitted
Warren E, & Crim Ct
vs
Jesse McCormick's Sureties on Bail Bond
$400,
Remit