John W. Harris 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
- BR15-12
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2203
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205087
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- Dates
- 1865-08
Citation
John W. Harris 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-0001-004-2203 (November 15, 2026).
To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Your petitioner Jno W Harris states that several years ago, he was in the city of Lexington and from some cause, for which he can not now account, got into a condition, as he is told and believes, of intoxication to an extent that rendered him utterly incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong and whilst in this condition he became engaged in a difficulty with one James Harkins, and inflicted upon him wounds with a Knife. For this offence he was indicted in the Fayette Circuit Court, and at the
He states that he has no doubt he committed the act but he has no recollection of it. That he is not in the habit of intoxication: That he for a support for himself and family depends and is compelled to depend on his daily exertions, and to pay said fine would sorely distress him and his family.
He would therefore ask your excellency to remit the fine so far as you can, and by so doing confer on one of your citizens as a lasting obligation
John, W, Harris