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 November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0283 BR8-447 to BR8-448

1863-11-06 Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To the Excelence of the Govoner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioner wold Respectible Represent to your Excelence that at the term of the Whitley Circuit Court the grand jury of Whitley County Returned an inditment a gainst your petitioner for caring concealed deadley weapons and at the august term of Said Court 1863 they had a trial in the absense of your petitioner and Rendered a Judgement against him for fifty dollars fine your petitioner states that he attend the term when Court shold have ben held on the two days and they was no Court in sesian and baleaving they wold be no court he went hom and beleaving they wold be no Court and to his suprise the Judge come and opened court and they triede the aforesaid cause in the absense of your and Rendered the Judgement as before stated your states that if he had of been present in court and trial he wold have been able to of proved that he had Reasonable Grounds to beleave that his peasan was in danger of violence your petitioner states that he is a pore man and if he has said judgement to pay it will do great in Justice to his famley Wheare for he as your Excelence to interpose and to Remite the fine and for all proper Releaf

J A Skein

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sworn to be fore me by J. A Skeen this day of 6th day of Nov 1863

D H. Leforce J P

We the under signed say we beleave the statements in the foregoing petition to be true and askthe ask the Excelence of the govener to Remit said fine well this that it wold be an act of charity

Signers naimes John Smith D H Leforce William Ellison W, C Murphy L. P. Bird A J Curd E F Adkins J, Q, Barton Lewis Adkins Nelson Taylor John Raper P, S, Cuthwith C Carter James S. Ramy Benjamin McKechan M L Ramy Jacob Stinson Wm, H, Miller L, D, Sutton Signers Naimes John Reeves E G Sullivan James M Rains W, H, Vanney Marien Jones D, F Sullivan Thomis Ranes William Johnson Erven Keers Sebery Woods G, P. Sullivan Samuel Kerr Harvy Kerr James M, Hickey James Laymanee P, W, Woods,

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The excuse given in the petition is not a good one for not making defense and in ordinary times would not justify Remission but in a time of Civil war when every loyal man ought to be armed for defense; I think none should be fined for being armed. I therefore remit the fine except costs & fees Nov 24" 1863

Tho E Bramlette

Whitley Cir Ct vs J, A. Skeen Concealed Weapons $50 -- 24th Nov/63