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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-0001-004-0764 BR10-168 to BR10-169

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To His Excellency Thos Bramlet Governer of the Commonwealth of Ky.

Your petitioners would respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the April term 1864 of the Union Circuit Court Robert Ransom was convicted of suffering and permitting gaming in his house at which whiskey Brandy and Beer was won and lost. Under the instructions of the Court, the Jury were bond to find him guilty and affixed the lowest penalty of the law to-wit two Hundred dollars. We are convinced from the Evidence that Mr Ransom did ^not^ intend or contemplate a breach of law in allowing said games and that the fine is greatly too large and onerous for the offence We therefore pray your Excellency to remit said fine and we of the Jury who were impaneled in and tried said case recommend Mr Ransom to the Clemency of Your Excellency and in our opinion have no hesitancy in saying that he is worthy of it and that Clemency should be extended to him all of which is respectfully submitted

Names of the Jury who tried the cause Louis Fiefsinger Wm ^X^ Bery Joseph Potts J, G, Filpinger John P Medley Thee Boone Jones Hill Jurey H Weil John T Seat Jurey C B Hayer Jurey Logan Brown H B Riddle E. M. Gilmore Wm. P. Riggs John. B. Albert James Agin William A Smith B J Berans Mynes Griggs John Graham G W Raley F. A Brooks B M Winston Hiram Smith Jr

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R A Spacoing (Dont Do so agin) M. R. Waller Robert Spalding A Juror George W Anderson Juror E A Hager I was a Juror at the Oct term 1863 when there was a mistrial E, G, Smith (a Juror) John, L, Bowen (a Juror) Samuel Poor (a Juror) W B Scott (a Juror) Fee wathers (a Juror)

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Names of Juror at the last October term when there was a Mistrial

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Morganfield April 26th 1864 Dr Sir

Enclosed is a petition which Ihe hope you have time to examine & act on as soon as possible. You will the names of all the Jurors who tried the Case except one, who would have signed it but was absent at his home.

Very Truly Ben A Cissell

Union Cir Ct

Refused Thos E Bramlette

Union Circuit Court April Term 1864

The following are the Jurors who tried the case of the Commlth agst Robt Ransom To wit: Saml Por, E. G Smith, C B Hagar, J. V. Brown, J S Bowen, Wm Holt J. L. Scott, & James Hill of the regular pannell and Washington Perry, Geo W. Anderson, Frank Wathers and Robt Spalding from the bystander. Given under my hand as Clerk of the Union Circuit Court.

D. C. James C, U, C, C