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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-0001-004-1426 BR12-221 to BR12-222

Mason County, Kentucky Mason County, Kentucky 1865-01-23 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": 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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To the Hon Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky

The petition of Willis D Lee who states that he is a hotel keeper and a resident of Dover Mason County Ky -- his age is 77 years and for 28 years of his life last past he has kept a public hotel in the state of Kentucky, and during all that time he has never intentionally violated the law, and has always to the best of his knowledge been particular in his observance of all that the law required of him in keeping a public house, and retailing spirituous liquors -- At the last April term of the Mason Circuit Court he was indicted by the grand jury, and at the October term of said court he was fined the sum of fifty dollars for the offense of selling liquors to minors

At the time said offense was alledged against him he was regularly licensed to retail spiritous liquors and many young men did buy liquor at his bar, but in every instance in which he sold to them, their appearance indicated that they were men of matureage and he at the time beleved they were, and he has in no instance sold liquor to minors knowingly unless by the consent of their parents or gaurdians

If he committed any offense against the law he did so ignorantly, and the therefore thinks that the fine inflicted by the court against him is a hardship, that the Governor ought to relieve him from and he therefore most respectfully asks that said fine be remitted

Willis D, Lee

State of Kentucky Mason County

Sworn to and subscribed by Willis D Lee before me a justice of the peace

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for Mason County this 23d day of January 1865 Tho A Curran J P M C

To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Dover Mason County Ky and vicinity respectfully join with the above named Willis D Lee in his petition to your Excellency to have the fine remitted which was imposed upon him by the Mason Circuit Court at its last October term -- because we believe that if he committed any offense against the law he did so ignorantly, and with no intention of violating the same --

Jany 23d 1865

Tho A Curran J, C, Mitchell Wm Jennings P S Anderson Chas J Fox Saml Vears Jas. W Masterson P N Jennings John F Tabb F W Loving James Drake A. F, Dobyns H Van Buskirk L C Anderson Wm C Rice B. H Moore C S Blades Tho A Reesse Sr Ethan A Anderson Geo W. Creighbaum G H Hanna D Tabb C Hiles Alex. A. Gibbens H. G. May John T Mackey Simeon. W. Osborne. W D L Jany 24/64

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Mason Cir Ct vs W. D. Lee

W D Lee $50

Remit

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