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 November 12, 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-0001-004-0644 BR9-518 to BR9-519

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1864-03-30 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. 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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Covington Mch 30 1864 His Excellency Gov Thos E Bramlette Frankfort Ky Sir

At the December Term of the Kenton Circuit Court two inditments against George Oakes were tried and and he found guilty and fined by a jury in one case $60 and the other $200 One of the indictments was for Keeping a tippling house and the other was for suffering gaming- The proof in the first case was that defd had a little Shanty and was cutting wood and selling it &c

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and that he had sold whiskey twice and suffered it to be drunk on the premises In the second case the proof was that a party of men had played poker in the Cabin in the woods of Oakes for five cents ante. The Defendant is a very poor & ^ignorant^ man and unable to pay this fine- indeed he cannot pay- If he pays the Costs it will be as much as I think he can do I have written this at the request Messrs Hamilton & Carlisle who have taken some interest in this man- On a/c of the extreme poverty of the defendant I think this a proper case for executive interposition

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and mercy

Very truly your obt Servt R B Carpenter Comths Atty