Mary Green 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
- BR15-274 to BR15-275
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-004-2364
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32205248
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- Dates
- 1865-09-16
Citation
Mary Green 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-0001-004-2364 (November 15, 2026).
To his Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky
Your petitioner Mary Green would respectfully state that she was indicted by a Grand Jury in the Louisville City Court for Keeping a disorderly house. The Jury that tried the case imposed a fine of four hundred dollars $400.
It was proven on the trial that petitioner kept a house of prostitution, & That at the common law constituting a disorderly house, The verdict was rendered on the evidence alone.
Judgment for $400 at the September Term of the Louisville City Court
Your petitioner is a poor woman & unable to pay any part of the fine, & if not relieved by your Excellency, imprisonment in the city work house will be the result.
Your Excellency is respectfully refered to the Signers who unite in the prayer for a remission of the fine
Your petitioner prays your Excellency to remit the fine
Mary ^her X mark^ Green
Louisville City Ct
vs
Mary [...]Green
$400,
Remit except $80 & fees & costs