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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-0001-004-1061 BR[11]-138 to BR[11]-139

Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky 1864-07-13 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "3": 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 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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Mt Vernon Rockcastle cty Ky July 13, 1864, Dear Governor

Your old friend and fellow soldier John Rucker was fined in the Rockcastle Circuit Court ^at the last Feby Term^ on two several Inditement one for tiplin & the other for unlawful Gaming, the fine Tipling is $60, and for gameing is $20,

He appeals to your clemency again as he has done on several former occasions

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to have the oforsaid fines remetted,

He says he had a valid defense in both cases, but he was unable to be at court, owing to the fact that he cundcting a waggon traine train at the time of court which made it impossible for him to attend court,

He says he great confidence that you will not suffer him to be harrassed by the offices, in the collections of these fines, Yours offectionately

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Jas C, Jones W. A. Brooks

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Rockcastle Ct Ct vs John Rucker

Refused