Legal/Financial

James F. Robinson, Remission

Place of Creation
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Legal/Financial
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
R4-440
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-029-0596
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32211798
People
Banta, Andrew J.
Wickliffe, Daniel Carmichael
Robinson, James Fisher
Hughes, William E.
Places
Frankfort, Kentucky
Organizations
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Franklin Circuit Court
Nicholas County Court
Dates
1861
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Citation

James F. Robinson, Remission, 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-0001-029-0596 (November 12, 2026).

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James F. Robinson,
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:

WHEREAS, judgment has been rendered by the Franklin Cir ct for $2603 65/100 Principal and $520 73/100 in Damages — against A. J Banta Sheriff of Nicholas Co as damages for failure to pay in the revenue of sd Co, for the year 1861 as required by law AND WHEREAS, It appears from satisfactory evidence that the case of the said [...] presents strong considerations for the interposition and indulgence of the Executive:

Now, Know Ye, That in consideration of the premises, and by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, I have thought proper to REMIT, and do, by these presents, remit said judgment Damages of $520 73/100 aforesaid — and do hereby forever acquit, release, and discharge the said [...] from the same, enjoining all officers to respect this REMISSION, and govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at FRANKFORT, the [...] day of [...], in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [...], and in the [...] year of the Commonwealth.

BY THE GOVERNOR:
[...], SECRETARY OF STATE.

Commmonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.