William O. Chalfont to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-01-23
- Date of Creation
- January 23, 1865
- Place of Creation
- 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
- BR12-219 to BR12-220
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1425
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204312
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Citation
William O. Chalfont to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-01-23, 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-0001-004-1425 (November 12, 2026).
To the Hon Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Ky
The petition of Wm O Chalfont of Dover Mason County Ky who states that for the past two years he has been the keeper of a retail grocery in said town and for the year terminating in the
He states that during said time he was engaged in retailing spiritous liquors he endeavored to meet all the requirements of the law, and in no instance violated it willfully — In one or two instances however young men under 21 years of age and whose appearance and conduct and associations indicated them to be men of full maturity, drank liquor at his bar and paid for the same, and this petitioner had no knowledge that he had violated the law by selling to minors until at the
He states that when he sold said minors his liquors he believed them to be of full age and that he was justified in that belief by their appearance and general conduct and that in no instance did he intentionally violate the law in said cases
He believes therefore that as he committed said offence ignorantly and unintentionally that the spirit of the law was not violated by him and he therefore prays the Governor of Ky to remit said fine
Wm O. Chalfont
State of Kentucky Mason County
Sworn to and subscribed by Wm O. Chalfont
before me a justice of the peace for said county this
Tho A Curran J P M C
To his Excelency the Governor of Kentucky
The undersigned citizens of Dover Mason County Ky and vicinity respectfully join with Wm O Chalfont in his petition to your Excellency to have the fine remitted which was imposed upon him at the
Tho A Curran
J. C. Mitchell
Wm Jennings
P J Anderson
Chas I Fox
Saml[Vine]
J W Masterson
J N Jennings
John L. Tabb
F W Long
James Drake
A. F. Dobyn
H Van Buskirk
L C Anderson
Wm C Rice
B H. Moore
C S [Blake]
Tho. A Reisse Sr.
Ethan A Anderson
Geo W. Crieghbourn
G H Harris
L Tabb
C. Hiles
H. G. May
E. A. Gibbons
John T. Mackay
Simeon. W. Osborne
Mason Cir Ct
vs
W. O. Chalfant
$50
Remit