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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-0001-004-0302 BR8-476 to BR8-477

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To Hon Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioner Lewis Cheek would respectfully represent that some years ago he resided in Frankfort and kept a grocery and while doing so was indicted for selling liquor without license. Hea charge of which he was innocent. He afterwards ascertained that the indictment was gotten upon the evidence of a man by the name of Bartlet and at once saw Bartlet and in the presence of several respectable person this witness before the Grand Jury admitted that there was no truth in the charge. Affiant afterwards presented the matter to the Commonwealths attorney and thought he had satisfied him of his innocence and supposed that the matter needed no farther attention when to his surpize a short time since he was notified by the Sheriffe of Bourbon that he had an execution against him for twenty dollars. adjudged against him under said indictment. Your petioner and affiant has always attempted to deport himself as a law abiding citizen and says that he was not guilty of the misdemeanor charged in said indictment and prays that

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the fine be remitted Your petitioner would also refer your Excellency to H I Todd Wm Gray Adam Keenon Jno Harrod Judge Hewitt and other citizens of Frankfort as to his character while he resided there

Lewis Cheek

The undersigned citizens of Bourbon have known Mr Lewis Cheek since he has resided in Paris -- now nearly two years and we take pleasure in saying that he has uniformly deported himself as an orderly, industrious, law abiding citizen, From our knowledge of him we have full confidence in the truth of his statements above and would Join with him in petitioning your Excellency for the remission of the fine agt him

John A Prall B J Pullen Wm M.Samuels R J Brown R, H, Hanson John Browne W. W. Dunnington. M,D, R M Buckner, City Marshal Geo: W. Williams

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Franklin Cir Ct vs, Lewis Cheek $20 --

Remit except fees & costs

Tipling remitted 16th Nov/63