<title type="main">John Galvin to Thomas E. Bramlette

To the Hon -- Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the State of Kentucky:

The undersigned Petitioner, John Galvin would respectfully represent and shew to your Excellency that on the 21st day of August 1863: Two Indictments were returned by the Grand Jury into the city Court of Louisville: The one charging your Petitioner with carrying concealed a deadly weapon: The other with an Assault upon one Charles Harper He states that both the Indictments were tried at the same time, and by the same Jury: ^on the 10th Septr 1863^ That upon the charge of "carrying concealed a deadly weapon" your Petitioner was acquitted by the Jury, and on the other charge of Assault; He was found guilty and fined the sum of One Hundred dollars & costs &c.

Your Petitioner says that He humbly thinks that great injustice (unintentional) was done him, He says that by Trade ^He is^ a carriage-maker: which he has assiduously pursued, and is now pursuing for the support of himself and family: that Charles Harper also professes to be a Carriage-maker, but that He idles his time away, and from some unaccountable cause, he seemed to take up some dislike to your petitioner, and would taunt him, in an unfriendly manner; when he would be drinking, and finally threatened your petitioner with an attack: and on the Evening of the difficulty Your petitioner believeing he intended to carry out his threat: late in the Evening as your Petitioner was going home. Harper appeared suddenly before your Petitioner, and accosted him, your Petitioner being thus suddenly and roughly accosted by

him, drew his pistol and fired without striking him: under the circumstances KnowNo one but Harper and Your Petitioner could see or Know of the matter: on the trial the law closed the mouth of your Petitioner, and the State used Harper as its witness who stated what He did state, (and He did not state the whole Truth) under feelings of malice and revenge against your Petitioner: Your Petitioner states that He is poor, and has a family to support and that He is unable to pay the fine assessed against him, and He prays your Excellency to interpose your Executive clemeny in his behalf and remit to him the fine so unjustly imposed upon him: and will ever pray &c:

John Galvin

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of September 1863 Jos Clement, Justice of the peaceJeff Co K.Y.

The undersigned citizens most respectfully join Mr John Galvin in the prayer of the above Petition

Jos. G. Wilson EdgarNeedham J G Barret Jos Clement, Justice of the peace W K Thomas Enders and Severson Lovell H. Rousseau Saml. S. Jones M. S. Gross Nathan White James Bradley E, Worthingham R. Buser F Madden L. D. Pearson C Bradley

W W Crawford George Doyle Thomas Coleman George Meadows T, G, Waters Wm Haas Caleb, W, Logan Thos Williams & Co & Co Geo Brobston John Cawein T. C. Wiley Wm White G, E, Moody R. G. Kyle P Darnelli Goerge W Griffy W. A. Nally F. D. Stone W. A Ronald) Sheff T. C. Pomeroy John Walton Jas P Chambers J F Stone Thos Shanks R. F. Baird

In this case the law has been vindicated. The Petitioner, is a poor man, of fam, whose family rely solely upon his labor for a support, I think, that Justice will have been subserved were if fifty dollars of this fine were be remitted

W. G. Reasor City atto

Louisville City Court

Remit $50. of the fine and give 6 mos for paymint of balance

Sept 268th 1863 T E Bramlette