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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-0001-004-1126 BR11-223

1864-08-18 Petition English 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 his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky:

The undersigned were members of the Jury empannelled in the Case of the Commonwealth against John Mackin at the August Term of the Marion Circuit Court 1864. on an indictment for permitting Thomas Weatherford a minor, to play upon his Pigeon hole table, and they would say that from the Evidence they believe that at the time the playing by said Minor was done said Mackin did not know that there was any statute prohibiting it, being instructed however that ignorance of the law was no excuse for the commission of an offence, they were constrained to find him Guilty and assessed his fine at $5.00, they understand that his conviction works a forfeiture of his right to keep the table unless pardoned by the Governor. They would therefore ask under the Circumstances that your Excellency grant to said Mackin a full pardon -- Aug 18th 1864 --

Richard Wathen L glazebrook M T Burkett James Cresky Ambrose, Smith Howell Mills Wm M. Abell Albert Lee H P Thornton John Spalding Arnold Bicket A Corley

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We were counsel for John Mackin in the case mentioned in the within petition, and fully concur with the Jury. that under the circumstances the fine and forfeiture therein should be remitted, and should your Excellency be pleased to grant Mr Mackin a pardon, You will favor him by sending ^it to^ him to our address, at the earliest Convenience

Very respectfully Hill & Knott 

Address Hill & Knott Lebanon Kentucky