Petition

T. C. Jackson et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

1865-03-28

Date of Creation
March 28, 1865
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
BR13-82 to BR13-83
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1627
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T. C. Jackson et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-03-28, 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-0001-004-1627 (November 14, 2026).

[Page 1]

To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky:

The undersigned citizens of Marion County Kentucky would respectfully represent that at the last February Term of the Circuit Court within and for the County aforesaid Mrs Irena Murphy was fined the sum of twenty Dollars for retailing spiritous liquors without a license. There was but one instance of selling proven, but they say that Mrs Murphy is and was at the time of the alleged selling a poor widow with two little children to support, (her boys having enlisted in the army of the United States at the beginning of the War.) and with no one to depend upon but herself. They say that in view of all the circumstances, that she was and still is a poor but honest and respectable woman, who cannot without being put in great distress and inconvenience pay the fine imposed upon her, that if really guilty of selling the liquor it was to enable her to obtain an honest lively hood for her self and her little children, it would be a praiseworthy Exercise of Executive clemency to remit said fine, and they accordingly pray your Excellency to do so — and as in duty bound &c —
March 28th 1865 —

T. C. Jackson
Jno F Wilburn
B Spalding
W. T. Knott
S A Spalding
W. J. Fisk
John D Belden
R Hite
J. H. Kirk
J H Sanders
H D Gilmore
Lee Phillips
J. L. St. Clair
W Edmondson

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The undersigned Jurors who set upon the case of the Case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v' Mrs Irena Murphy would repsectfully say that we consider said case as worthy of Executive clemency and would therefore recommend the remission of the fine —

Sam. Spalding
Wm Bigger
G H Spears
Fletcher, Wilson,
James Elder
Wm Proctor, McElroy
Wm A molohon
Thomas. H. Johnson

Hon T. E. Bramlette

Sir. Above you will see that eight of the twelve Juryman that tried the case of Comlth against Mrs Irena Murphy for Selling whicky have signed the Petition for remittance, and could the remaining four have been seen I have no doubt but they would have signed the same as the Jury all kew ^knew^ deft to be a poor & needy Widow lady

yous & c
T. C. Jackson C. M. C. C

June 2 1865

[Page 3]

Hon B. Spalding
Frankfort Ky

{LE[NON] KY
JUN
2}

Marion Cir Ct
vs
Mrs Irena Murphy
for $20
Tipling
3d June 1865

Remit