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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-0001-004-1127 BR11-224 to BR11-225

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To his Excellency The Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner O. P. Nelson respectfully represents that at the March term of the Laurel circuit court ^1864^ the Grand Jury found an Indictment against him for failing to keep posted up in his Tavern house the rates fixed by the County Court -- To which Indictment he came into Court at its next Term Thereafter and plead guilty and Judgment was rendered against him for seventy five dollars

His only plea is that he was ignorant of The law in relation to keeping up tavern rates that he intended no violation of law that his intention was to comply with every duty required of him as a Tavern keeper He therefore asks your interposition and that you may in your clemency grant him such relief as you may deem proper

He further states that at the same Term of the Court Judgment was rendered against William Nilson for $20 -- upon an Indictment for retailing

The circumstances was simply this Your petitioner the said O P Nelson being at the time a licensed Tavern Keeper had a right to retail liquors, but

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his nephew the said William Nilson who is quite a youth and who was at the time residing at Petitioners house uponone occasion went into the bar room and sold liquor not knowing that it was any violation of law for him to do so without having taken the same oath required to be taken by Tavern Keepers --

The undersigned Petitioner respectfully prays your Excellency to remit said fine

O P. Nelson

Sworn to and subscribed before me on the 19th August 1864

C B Faris clk

The undersigned are personally well acquainted with O P Nelson who is a citizen of this County we know him to be an orderly law abiding man who would under no circumstances wilfully violate or evade the laws in regard to his duty as a Tavern Keeper neither would he permit retailing or any such offences committed about his house we Respectfully

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ask your excellency to remit the fines mentioned in his foregoing statement we are also satisfied that the statements he has made above are true

CB Faris clerk Laurel Cir Court Jarvis Jackson W. H Randall David Y. Lyttle R. Boyd

Gov. Bramlette I have no doubt of the truth of the statements in the within petition believe the fine ought to be remited & hope you will do so

H F Finley Wm T. Moren

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Laurel Cir Ct vs Wm Nelson $20. & Remit O P. Nelson $75. 203d Aug'/64