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Petition

James C. Brookover to James F. Robinson

1862-09-24

Document details

Date of Creation: September 24, 1862
Document Genre: Petition
Repository: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection: Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863
Box / Folder: R3-121
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0001-029-0075
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FTP Identifier: 32211277

Mentioned in this document

People: Fristoe, Alfred; Brown, George; McCollough, Hugh; Brookover, James C.; Robinson, James Fisher; Poyntz, James P.; Taylor, John D.; Hickman, John G.; Ravencraft, John; Reese, Stephen B.; Berry, Thomas Keith; [Unknown], [Unknown]
Places: Kentucky; Maysville, Kentucky
Organizations: Commonwealth of Kentucky; Mason Circuit Court
Dates: --07; 1862-09-24

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James C. Brookover to James F. Robinson, 1862-09-24, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons, Remissions, and Respites, 1862-1863, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-029-0075 (November 12, 2026).

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To his Excellency James F Robinson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky,

Your petitioner James C Brookover resident in the city ofMaysville in the state of Kentucky represents that at the last July Term of the Mason Circuit Court, he was fined the sum of fifty dollars for selling liquor to a slave, such was the Character of the Indictment and the ruling and opinion of the court upon a ,[Demeanor] thereto as to preclude him from making any successful defence thereto — It was proved that upon one occasion liquor was sold to a negro, but whether he was a slave witness did not know, nor was there any allegation in the Indictment as to where if a slave ~~to whom~~ he belonged — he annexes hereto a copy of the indictment and although he may appeal from the Judgement, yet he hopes your Excellency will Issue under the circumstances it a fit case for executive clemency and remit said fine which he respectfully solicits you to do

James.C. Brookover

Sept^r 24" 1862

The undersigned concur and unite in the prayer of the above petition

Jno D Taylor
Keith Berry
J G Hickman
George Brown
Jas P. Pope [...]
J. Ravencroft
H, McCallough
Alfred Fristoe
Stevin, B, Reese

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Jas. C. [Brookover] Pettn to remit fine
Exam^d Pettn refused
J F Robinson