Petition

J. B. Sundrum 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
BR16-15 to BR16-16
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2509
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FTP Identifier
32205393

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Dates
1865-04
1865-10-03
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Citation

J. B. Sundrum 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-0001-004-2509 (November 14, 2026).

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To his Excellency Thomas. E. Bramlette
Goernor of the state of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the Aprile Term of the circuit court for Kenton County for the year 1865 that one Miles Marquess was fined upon a presentment and indictment found by the Grand jury of Said Court for permitting "Nuisance contrary to the statute in such Case made and provided" said fine amounting to twenty ($20) dollars & costs, Your petitioners would repersent to your Excellency, that the parties who occupied the premises at the time of said premises Coming into the possession of said Marquess, and were wives of Soldiers in the Federal service Said Marquess was only the agent for the managment of said property, and had used all proper means to induce their removal, and they actually did go before the rendition of the fine before mentioned

Therefore your petetioners pray your Excellency that if Consistent with the public welfare that said fine shall be remitted, as in duty bound we shall ever pray

J B Sundram
L. E. Baker
J A Goodson
T L. Reed
R. K. Irwin

M, D, Moore
Ben Moore
Ln Semour
Thos f. faris —
A, H, Harod
Capt E. Rees
H. P. Rose

[Page 2] I think under the circumstances that the fine against Mr Marquess Although a small fine yet would be properly remitted, Mr Marquess managed his own case when on trial and I am satisfied had he had council that he would hardly have been fined. I was on the bench at the time —

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Kenton Cir Ct
vs
Miles Marquess
To } Petition
To Governor of Ky
$20.
Remitted 3d Oct /65