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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-0001-004-1156 BR11-274 to BR11-275

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To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette, Govenor of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner, Ruth Ingles, would most respectfully represent that at the present August term of the Fayette Circuit Court she was fined in the sum of Sixty Dollars upon an indictment for "keeping a tippling House" -- She would represent that the folowing are the facts in the case. Her husband was, previous to his death, the keeper and proprietor of a grocery in the city of Lexington, Ky. and being poor she, to save the expense of a clerk in the same, herself sold provisions &c., therein that he had for sale liquors, whiskey, &c., and sometimes sold the same and she by his direction did the same; that on the 4 day of Nov. 1864, her husband died leaving her the grocery in charge but that so soon as she came to the same in her own right she did not sell, but positively refused to carry on this illicit business; That even though she sold during his life time and by his direction as charged she is responsible in the eyes of the law (as she is informed) but she avers that even at the time she sold

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as charged that she was aware of committing any offense against the law -- She would further represent that she is a widow and is wholly dependent upon her own efforts for support --

In consideration of the premises your petitioner most respectfully ask a remission of said judgment except costs and fees as she believes it will be according to justice & true right upon the facts & she will ever pray &c --

Ruth Ingles says that the facts set out above are true --

Ruth ^her X mark^ Ingles att Speed. S. Goodloe

James Jeffries says that the facts stated within are true to the best of his knowledge & belief --

Sworn to before me by Jas. Jeffries and Ruth Ingles this 9th day of August 1864.

Speed S. Goodloe J. L. C. C

We the undersigned would recommend the within to Executive clemency --

Jas. C. Morris -- Hunter & Bruce John. S. Miller lewis Ramsey H D Hulett Simon Hopper Matson Goins Thomas White Thomas Adems W T Scott T. M. Bell Scott Dudley L C Goins

I am informed by a respectable gentleman, a member of the Bar that the facts in the petition are true as he believes, and by another gentleman, that Mrs Ingles is poor and ignorant but honest, and did not know that she was violating the Law. If possible a remittance will gratify

your obt Servant W. S Downey

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Thade B Glover R Cox H. T. Duncan G. W. Graves John Holland

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Fayette Cir Ct vs Ruth Ingles $60 Tipling Remit 12th Sept/64