Correspondence

M. W. Smith et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1864-12-15

Date of Creation
December 15, 1864
Document Genre
Correspondence
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
BR12-184 to BR12-185
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1404
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FTP Identifier
32204291

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Dates
1855
1864-12-15
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M. W. Smith et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-12-15, 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-0001-004-1404 (November 15, 2026).

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To his Excellency the Govnor of Ky

The undersigned M W Smith states that in year 1855, he caused a warrant of arrest to issue James Burnett, Tillman Tuttle, & Clintin Tuttle from the office of S Head Justice of the Peace for Wayne, and said parties were brought before said Head for trial soon thereafter, a jury was impannelled, and under the erronous instructions of said justice of the peace said jury returned a verdict in the trial of said warrant against your petitioner assessing a fine against him of Fifteen dollars, and thereupon a judgement was entered against him for $15. and costs.

He states that no process had been issued against him and he was not before said Court

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for trial, and he was guilty of no infraction of the law.

He asks your Excellency to remit said fine so erroneously assessed against him. The justice before whom said warrant was tried threatens to proceed to the collection of the same by Execution.

This December 15th 1864

M W Smith

R M Tate
N. B. Sloam
J. R. Wilhite
W. Simpson
H W Tuttle
M P Sallee
Wm Bartleson

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Wayne County
vs
M W Smith
Petition
$15 —


Refused