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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-0001-004-0648 BR9-525 to BR9-526

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To the Excelency of the governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioner wold respectible represent to your Excelence that at the August Term of the Whitley Circuit Court that the Grand Jury for Said County found an inditement against your petitioner for the offence of selling Brandy by the Quarte as a destiller the your petitioner beleaved that he had a right as a distiller to sell by the Quarte so that it was not drunk on the primesses wheare of your petitioner he sold said brandy and it was drunk wheare Sold beleaving he had a right to do so sell your petitioner states that he as soon as he found he had been violating the law he Quit silling and come in to Court at this present March term and pled gilty & submited the law and facts to the court and the court Rendered Judgment against his your petitioner for $20 -- your petitioner states that he had no idey or notion of violating the law and onley acted in good faith your petitioner prays your Excelencey to interpose and to Remit the fine and for all proper Releaf

G B Foley

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Sworn to be fore me by G B Foley this 31th March 1864

Tyrel Foley Clerk

the undersigned beleaves the statement in the foregoing petition and think it wold be an act of Curtesy to Remite the fine

Gov Bramlette

Green Foley is one of our best citizens is Studley a mountman a member of the Baptist church and I have no doubt he violated the Law innocently

H F Finley Commonwealth Attorney

I endorse what Mr Finly says

Granville Pearl J. C. Watkins clk Whitley Circuit Court John Smith Judge

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Whitley Cir Ct vs G. B. Foley $20 --

Remit except fees & costs Tho E Bramlette 12th Apl/64 Tipling