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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-0001-004-0488 BR9-274 to BR9-275

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To His excelency James F Robertson Thomas E Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the undersigned your petitioners, would most respectfully represent that at the March term of the Ballard circuit court one H M Garner was indicted tried upon an indictment for a breach of the Peace and fined the Sum of Eighty three dollars, and two weeks confinement in the County Jail. Now the undersigned would farther represent, that Mr Garner is a very young man, and withal as a general rule a law abiding, and orderly walking youth and could not we think have been betrayed into the Commission of the Offence charged but for the presence of unfortunate circumstances of agrevation and excitement. The Offence charged, in the bill of indictment, was committed about the time of the commencement of the unfortunate dificulties which distract our unhappy Country,- a time when legal and moral restraints, were everywhere thrown to the winds and all the evil passions of our nature were turned loose. Mr Garner, being a youth, at the time, and having conducted himself well, before & since the commission of the offence, and with all a poor many man, and wholy wholy unable to pay the fine, we earnestly think his case is one in which the Executive clemency should be extended. An aditinoal reasen for Executive, ^interposition^ is the fact that since the commission of the offence charged, and of which he was convicted, Mr Garner has changed his relations in life, and now has a young family dependent upon him for support, who will be disgraced by his imprisonment, and ^suffer^ great pecuniary embaresment by the rigid enforcement of the law in the

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collection of the fine. For the reasons offered above the undersigned would respectfully ask your Excellency to interpose the prerogative of Mr Mercy as far as the Executive may in relieveing the young man from fine and imprisonment and as in duty will ever pray &c --

Z M Bugg Thos H Corbett Jas. McCauley Asa Richardson S J Thurmond W, C, pairy. John S Ray W S Watson W. H. Watson Asa Richardson S, B, Coil D P Jurett L, R, Rich Thomas Garrett James L Hines Felix W Underhill Darius Hatcher J, M, Holteman Smith Garrett J Corbett W. W. Griffey W. B. Shelton J. R. Green A, P, Hall Henry, Eleion Wm Garrett G W Utterback T J Juett L. W. Weaver J. M Unsell G W Martin David Miller F. M Harrisson C Armstrong Wesley Watson F M Watson James Muncel John Muncel Juleus Bongarent Thomas Johnson Laf Rich G, L, Good G, A, Flood John Swafford J. H. Garren W B Lynn Wm Meshew Thomas Flood J T Tayler Joseph Kimmel J. P. Edwards Swansen Wallon B,, F,, Billington Pet Peter Kaletin

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J N Mesher W A Scott M W Garett James, C, Shrode John Dewese Howard Atherton F M Atherton W C Atherton Rufus M Cavett James ellington James Derrey A Surnes Jackson Harper William Harper Uria Harper thomas Agens Joseph masters Richerd lynn Jenes. Watson Johnson dewese James dwenese G. ash. Linn J D White John L. Murray

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Ballard Cir Ct vs

Respite 12 mots Tho E Bramlette

Francis Garner $83, Assault. 9th Feby 1864