John A. Taylor to Thomas E. Bramlette
1865-06-16
- Date of Creation
- June 16, 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
- BR14-116 to BR14-117
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-1978
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32204864
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Citation
John A. Taylor to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1865-06-16, 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-0001-004-1978 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner would most Respectfully state that at the atwo judgements wasere rendered against him ^one^ for $500 — and one for $20 — for the alledged charge of Gaming & seting up a faro Bank — Your Petitioner has paid the costs & Comwths attorney part but he is unable to pay the balance without robbing his family he says he is not a gambler nor does he make his support by Gaming in any way and never has delt faro but once and that is the offense charged & then only at the solicitation of others the very men who were witnesses against him that he did not own the table Box or cards but the whole apparattus belonged to another and he dealt for those who were present Your Petitioner will say that if Your Excellency will remit the fine he will never deal again to accomodate other persons Your Petitioner most respectfully asks a remission
John A Taylor
{Revenue Stamp}J A T
17
Sworn to before me by John Taylor this
T. C. Jackson Clk
Your Petitioners most respectfully aks a remission of the two fines
T. C. Jackson Clk M, C, C,
F. B. Merimee
James M Fidler
Jno. G. Rogers Lt Col 54 Ky Vols
Jos H Chandler
John R. Thomas
B Spalding
Marion Cir Ct
vs
John A Taylor
4500, Faro
$20, Gaming
Remit