Petition

A. N. English et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette

Place of Creation
Cumberland 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
BR14-418
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2181
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32205065

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Dates
1865-04
1865-08-07
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A. N. English 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-0001-004-2181 (November 13, 2026).

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To his Excellency
Tho. E Bromblett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Your petitioners would most respectfully State that at the April Term of the Cumberland Circuit Court 1865, four judgments were rendered against them (Separately) copy of each judgement is herewith in closed. As heretofore stated at the time of selling the whiskey for which judgments were rendered there were no trustees or other persons in town authorized to grant them license they in good faith attempted to procure license as they did not desire to violate the law they were also misled by as to the privilege & authority of the Government License which they had [...] & paid for many other persons were selling by retail liquor in Burksvill at same time under Government License & they beleaved that was sufficient for them. They ask that said fines be remitted, and as in duty bound they will ever pray &c

A. N. English John Hill
Charles Hill W O Hill

these cases are similar to those heretofore acted upon by your Excelency & ought to be remitted & I hope will be

Verry respectfully
Tho, C, Humfrey

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Cumberland Cir Ct
vs
John Hill
Wm O. Hill
Chas Hill
A. N. English
$10. each
Remitted 7 Aug/65