J. R. Rice to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-08-13
- Date of Creation
- August 13, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Mercer 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
- R4-376 to R4-377
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-029-0552
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32211754
- People
- Kyle, Andrew Galbraith
- Hardin, Ben Lee
- Trapnall, Benjamin C.
- Abell, Corydon Sackett
- Connor, Daniel
- Gabbert, Elijah
- Willis, Henry C.
- Rice, J. R.
- Terhune, James G.
- Kirby, James
- Terhune, James P.
- Kyle, John Glover
- Haggin, John P.
- Cardwell, John W.
- Gray, John W.
- Hall, Moses D.
- Hale, Pleasant M.
- Herndon, S. A.
- Stone, Stephen
- Edwards, Thomas
- Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
- Trapnall, William V.
- Edwards, William W.
- Places
- Mercer County, Kentucky
Citation
J. R. Rice to Thomas E. Bramlette, 1863-08-13, 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-0001-029-0552 (November 12, 2026).
To His Excellency, James F. Robinson Thomas E Bramlett,
Govenor of Kentucky: —
Your petitioner, J. R. Rice, respectfully represents and states that at the for selling on the charge of selling a drink of whisky to one P. M. Hale: that at that time your petitioner had license to sell in quantities not less than a quart, and he further states that the drink of whisky for which he was fined was sold to said Hale while your petitioner was absent in another county, andby a young man who was [...]ing for him — that it was done contrary to the directions and order of your petitioner — that it was contrary to the practice in his house and done without any knowledge or approval on his part- He further states that he gave his clerk a positive command not to sell in less than the legal quantity-
Your petitioner further says that at the time the fine was imposed he was necessarily absent from the county, and having been assured that the case would be continued had no opportunity to make a defence — For these reasons he would most respectfully ask your Excellency to remit his fine-
State of Kentucky
Mercer County } sct-
J. R. Rice says on oath that the
statements in the foregoing petition are true —
J, R, Rice
Subscribed and sworn to before me, as Police Judge of Harrodsburg, this
John G. Kyle P. J. H.
We the undersigned persons residents of Mercer County Join in the prayer of J. R. Rice for the remission of his fine
Names
P M Hale
Wm V. Frapnall
Ben Lee Hardin
Ben. C. Trapnall
S A Herndon
Thos Edwards P J M C C
Danl Connor
W W Edwards
C S Abell clk M C
H, C, Willis
A G Kyle
J W. Cardwell —
Names
The undersigned members of the bar at Harrodsburg Join in the prayer of J. R. Rice —
Names
John G. Kyle
Jno P Haggin
Ben. C. Trapnall
Names
E gabbert
M. D Halel
J. P., Terhune
S Stone
James G. Terhune
John, W, Gray
Jas Kirby
Mercer County
Remission refused
Tho E Bramlette