George Payne to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-06-24
- Date of Creation
- June 24, 1864
- Place of Creation
- Fayette 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, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 1863-1867
- Box / Folder
- BR7-67 to BR7-68
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-005-0038
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32206297
Citation
George Payne to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1864-06-24, Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Apprehension of Fugitives from Justice Papers, 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-0001-005-0038 (November 12, 2026).
To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky,
Your petitioner respectfully represents that he was indicted at the last February Term of the Fayette Circuit Court for assault and battery that he has been tried and found guilty and a fine of $100; and three months imprisonment assessed against him. While he admits the simple fact of having committed the offense charged he consider; the puneshment very severe, He says he is without money or friends and unless the fine and imprisonment is remitted he will have to stay in Jail for about 140 days. In order to avoid this disagreeable necessity, he proposes and promises that if he is released that he will join the U S. Army for three years or during the war, That he as always been a Union man, loyal to his government.
{Revenue Stamp}W. A. S.
1864.
He prays that your excellency will remit his imprisonment and that part of the fine in your power and that you will respite the ^residue^ case for, say three months
by which time he will be able pay the ^Commonwealths^ Attorney and other officers their fees, Which is respectfully submitted
Sworn to before me this
Will: A. Stivers.
Notary Public.
The undersigned unite in the prayer of the petitioner
Fayette Cir Ct
vs
George Payne
Remitted upon condition he enlists for three years
Tho E Bramlette
Govr
Provided George Payne will join the army for three years or during the war the undersigned would respectfully recommend a remission of the fine and imprisonment against him,
W C Goodloe
Circuit Judge
Lexington Ky