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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-0001-004-1405 BR12-186 to BR12-187

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To the Gov of Kentucky your petitioner H C Hancock of ^allen^ County Kentucky would beg leave to State that Sometime in the year 1857 your petitioner had a dificulty which resulted in a fight with Job Eddins in which your petitioner unfortunately pulled out one of said Eddins eyes Your petitioner and the said Eddins were drunk at the time of the fight or it would not have accured -- Your petitioner has since that time made all the reparation to the Said Eddins in his power by paying him in money the damages he was able to pay Since which your petitioner has been indicted in the Allen Circuit Court & which is now pending He asks an interposition of your excellencys power of pardon to be releaved from Said prosecution -- If the penalty announced by law & your petitioner was able to pay it went for the benefit of the unfortunate man he would Say nothing but under the Circumstances he pays the extintion of your power in his behalf and as in duty bound &c

H C Hancock

Sworn to & subscribed before me by H. C. Hancock this 26th day of December 1864

William Mansfield Judge A.C.C.

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From the representations of this case made to me & from my Knoweldge of the parties I believe the case justifys Your excellencys interposition

G M Mulligan John J. Gatwick

WM 16 Decr 1864

The undersigned Job Edins states that he is the man that the Petitioner H. C. Hancock had the difficulty with and that at the time of said difficulty both the parties were drunk and did not know what they were doing He states the he unfortunately had his eye puled out in the fight ^or hurt so it went out^ but Hancock has paid and satisfied him in a pecuniary point of view for the damage he done and satisfied me as far as he could and it is just and right for your excellency to interpose as asked in his petition

Job ^his X mark^ Edins attest N K Pope

Allen County vs H Hancock

This petition is premature no trial having been had -- & is therefore refused

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The undersigned Citizens of Allen County are acquanted with the circumstances of the difficulty between H C Hancock and Job Eddins State that in our estimation it is acase requiring relief as prayed for in the foregoing petition

William Mansfield J, H, Butler J. F. Williams W. W. Walker A Dean T. W. Martin George. W. Williams W. R Clark R. W. Williams Thomas. H. Williams J. S. Martin G,, D,, Read T B Spilman S H Welch A. P. Mitchell P. E. Welch T. C. Wadkins F P Brown L. R. halman Henry P Lafman E. G. Williams Billy J Martin J J Barlow C. H. Alexander J. H. Brown S. B. Brown F,, Gatewood J, N, Williams Young Butler Halain Duncan T, A, Griffin H. J Williams A. J. Johnson A. L. Walker C C Kiger William Jackson A A McKencher A griggs T. S Hill John M Madison E Berry W B Clamers B F Cockrill

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S B Hollis E W Sowell L Canoda Phillip Rice T, J, Carpenter Willis Gray W. W. Davis S. W. Davis John Hinton John B. Russell W B McElroy James K Morgans John H Morgan Joseph Shawel M. T gilliam J W Hazelip W J Kimmins J Y. Kimmins Jonathan Poe Jas Oliver John Dixon Julius. A. Justice thomas Justice Jonathan Duffers F, A, C Strain John Strain g A Seward Charly Morgan Simpson Ligtfoot William J. Poe John. W. Dixon Henry M Blackburn Benj F. Dixon Price Oliver W. B. Lamb Shelby Gray W. R. J Poe N K Pope J B Colbert E. C. Moore S Butler E L Kelsey D Colwell T. S. Austen L W Spon Y T Davis S. J. Davis J godwin William Rusel Jas S. Kimmins