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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-0001-004-0448 BR9-205 to BR9-206

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 1864-01-21 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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Louisville, Jany 21", 1864. Dear Sir,

Allow me to introduce to you Mrs Philip Byerback of this city, whose son was yesterday in the circuit court convicted of Malicious stabbing & Whose husband I have known for twenty years, & who is as brave, gallant & loyal a man as can be found anywhere. I appeared as his council in Sept 1863 before the Judge of the Police Court- Judge Johnston- b the Judge was about to discharge, & would have discharged him, if it had been shown, as it could have been, that the man who was stabbed could have gone to the Police Court- The character of the young man was abun-

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dantly proved before the Police Judge & was very admirable, both for sobriety & amiability. I was taken sick last Saturday night & have not been off of my back since, & am utterly unable to sit up & had to ask my nephew, A Q Pope, to attend to the case for me, who reported the prooff that had been adduced both against & for him, & I was surprised to hear how much the witnesses for the former had colored their testimony they delivered before the Police Court, & how the latter had forgoted In brief - Joseph F. Sanniger, a young stone cutter, & Byerback were attracted by the music of a serenade near the home of the latter, went to the house & were ordered away

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They went away peacably & quietly making no noisy demonstrations whatever, & on the way down Byerback was knocked into the street & rose from the gutter, into which he had fallen, & said "if thats what you want, come on" & the man hallowed "I am cut"- The man stabbed is largely superior to Byerback in strength, muscle & size- I understand he swore in the Circuit Court that he neither struck, nor pushed Byerback, until after Byerback cut him, & then only he pushed him. In Police Court the opposite was shown & I saw myself on the throat of Byerback the marks of a blow a blow on the between the chin & the ear, sufficient to have knocked down any man or beast In my judgement the conviction

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is wrong. I say it to you Govenor as a gentleman, lawyer & a christian. May I ask your interference I am yet unable ^to sit up^ & my nephew Mr. Pope writes this for me.

I have the honor to be Your Obt. sevt Hamilton Pope

Thos. E. Bramlette Gov. of Ky. Frankfort, Ky.