Petition

S. A. Hagarty 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
BR13-180 to BR13-181
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-1696
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FTP Identifier
32204583

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Dates
1865-04
1865-04-05
1865-03-21
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Citation

S. A. Hagarty 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-0001-004-1696 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency
Hon' Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the state of Kentucky
Sir

Your petitioners citizens of the state of Kentucky and County of Boone respectfully sheweth to your Excellency that heretofore "viz" at the Apritl Term of the Boone Circuit that a fine was adjudged against one Robert, B, Acra who was a tavern keeper in the Town of Florence in said County, for selling liquors to minors Your petitioners would represent that Said fine was adjudged by default, that owing to serious Sickness in the family of said Acra that he was unable to attend Court, and living at a considerable distance from the court house he was unable to make the necessary arrangements to defend the indictment was found against him, Your petitioners represent that Acra has quit hotel keeping, that while he was so engaged that he tried to conduct his business in accordance with the requirement of the law, and your petitioners who were his near neighbors at the time believe that if liquers were sold as charged, only on a single occasion) that it was contrary to his wish, and against his orders, Your petitioners

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would represent to your Excellency that Acra is a very poor man having to support a large family by the daily labor of his hands, Therefore your petitioners ask, if Compatible with the public welfare that said fine be remitted and as in duty bound your petitioners shall we ever pray

S. A. Hagarty
John Corneall
T. L. Swetnam
E. Stephens
W Y Crigler
J M, Hall
J BTaylor
Wm HWilson
M Macguire
Gaines Robinson
James R Clutterbuck
Will. Conner
L. C. Yager
Jas L Conner
D. Riggs
G H Aydelott
D C Clegg
E. H. Ahsley
T. S. Fish
S F Tracy
R. K. Dulaney

Please send reply to R. B. Acra
Florence
Ky

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Boone Cir Ct
vs
Robt B. Acra
Selling liquor to a Minor
$50 —

Remit
5th Apl/65

sent for fee
21st mch/65