Petition

W. A. Aikman to James F. Robinson

Place of Creation
Laurel County, Kentucky
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
R4-304 to R4-305
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0505
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32211707
People
Pearl, Granville
Sproul, J. Q. A.
Robinson, James Fisher
Jones, N. B.
Carnifax, Thomas J.
Aikman, William A.
Thompson, William H. H.
Randall, William Harrison, Sr.
Places
London, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Laurel Circuit Court
Laurel County Court
Dates
--08
1863-08-24
1863-08-29
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Citation

W. A. Aikman to James F. Robinson, 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-0001-029-0505 (November 12, 2026).

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His Excellency the Governer of Kentucky

The undersigned W. A Aikman Respectfully represents that at present August Term of the Laurel Circuit Court he was fined $20. for gaming, He says he is not a gambler, but merely played the game with some acquaintances and friends and there was some small amount but, he is a citizen of London Ky has a family to support, and makes his living by blacksmithing & not by gaming,, He thinks the costs of the proceeding under the circumstances would be a sufficent penalty,

He made no defense, plead guilty, and now throws himself on the clemency of ofthe Executive

w. A. Aikman

I am well acquainted with the petitioner, who is a citizen of our Town, an industrious blacksmith, a poor man with a family to support & I hope your Excellency will remit the fine against him

W H Randall

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London
Aug 24th 1863
Gov

I am acquainted with the petitioner and the case and believe that the fine ought to be remited

Yours Respt

Granville Pearl

Thos J. Canifax Presiding Judge of the Laurel County court

N. B. Jones

W. H. H. Thompson

J. Q. A. Sproul

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Laurel Cir. Ct
$20. } Gaming
W. A Aikman

Fine remitted
J F Robinson
Issd. Aug 29. 1863