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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-0001-004-0635 BR9-503 to BR9-504

Consolation, Shelby County, Kentucky Consolation, Shelby County, Kentucky 1864-03-15 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 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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 Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner James S Cardimore States that he lives in the town of Consilation Shelby County Kentucky that by a Judgment of the Shelby Circuit Court Rendered on the 7th day of March Inst he was fined the sum of Sixty Dollars for keeping a Tippling House he States that the facts on theas that before he sold: Any Spirits he went to the county Court & Applyed for licens to keep a Tavern in Consilation & said Court Refered him back to the bord of Trustees of said Town Consilation which town is Incorperated

As being the proper Authority to Grant Tavern licens that he aplied to said bord of Trustees & obtained licens to keep a Tavern he paid the Tax Required for said License & upon the Tryal of his case for keeping tippling house it was desided that the bord of Trustees had no Authority to grant Such Licens that said Whiskey was Sold during the time that he had a License from

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said bord and in as much as he has not Intenenly violated any Law but has tryed to Comply with the Law made & provided he thinks he Should not be compeled to pay said Judgment Wherefor he prays that Your Excelency will Remit said Judgment

James S Cardimore

Sworn to before me by Jas S Cardimore this 15th day of March 1864

F M Johnson Police Judge of Consolation Ky

We the undersigns State we where members of the bord of Trustees of Consolation & that the facts as Set fourt in the above Pet are true & that Said Cardimore Sold the Spirits while he had a Licens from our bord for which he was Indited & fined We Joine in his prayer that you May Remit said Judgment

Henry Whitman } Trustees Samuel Porter W. H. Batts

F M Johnson P. J. C T. G. Montgomery M. C

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Shelby Cir Ct

Comlth vs } Pet Jas S Cardimore $60 -- Tipling

Remit except fees and costs Tho E Bramlette

17th Mch/64

Send to A G Roberts Bagdad Shelby County Ky