Petition

W. H. Sandford 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
BR17-106 to BR17-107
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-004-2829
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FTP Identifier
32205713

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Dates
1865-11
1865-12-06
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Citation

W. H. Sandford 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-0001-004-2829 (November 14, 2026).

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To his excellency Thomas E. Bramlett
Governor of the State of Kentucky

The undersigned your petitioners members of the Bar & citizens of Owen County would respectfully represent that Patrick Deskin was convicted at the november term of the owen Circuit Court 1865 of the offense of shooting with intent to kill or wound but did neither kill or wound & that Diskin was fined by the jury who sat tried him in the sum of $300,00 & not being able to pay said fine is now in jail in Owen County this State suffering the penalty of the law

Your petitions would further represent that said Diskin is an exceedingly poor & ignorant Irishman & has a family dependent upon him for daily subsistence that he has hitherto borne a fair character character for industry & sobriety & that your excellency would do a worthy act to remit his punishment so far as by law you can do

W H Sandford clk of Owen Circt ct
J D. Lillard
Geo. S. Low Master Comr of Owen Ct. Court
Jas M Brown
Th N Lindsey
O, D, McManama

Joseph Blackwell
J A Duncan
G W Craddock
W. B. Roberts
Geo. C. Roberts
A. P. Grover
H Todd D S O C

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names
P, U. Major
J E Powell
H. P Montgomery
A Branham
F Brown
J M Coates
S. Gray
J P Orr Jr
Rev assr Own Co
Thos H Ritchey
J. B. Martin
James H. Parker
Ezra K. Fish
W A. Bond
Chas Bond
Tho A Catlett
S A Craig
E. C. Tandy
Alx Rodgers
Thos Bond
J. W. West
Geo. M. Child
D. S. Frazier
C. C. Scales
R. W. Orr
J. C. Hartrough
J T. Vangelt

names
J M Alexander
S B Brown
H. D. Barker
J E Nichols
J S Ellis
R H. Gale
Ed D Hogan D. C. O. C. C

Gov, I am perfectaly satisfied That the, within petition has merit in it

J. B. English

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[Page 4] Owen Cir Ct
vs
Patrick Diskin
$300,
Shooting with intent to kill
6 Dec/65