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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-0001-004-1477 BR12-293

Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky 1865-01-16 Correspondence 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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Cave City Ky 16th Jany 1865 Gov. T. E. Bramlette Dr, Sir,

At the last Term of the Barren Circuit court an indictment was found against Mr E. K. Owsley for hog-stealing; I have no hesitancy in stating that I believe said charge to be false unfounded and malicious. I have known Mr Owsley ever since he came to Mam, Cave in 1861, and know him to be a man of strict honor and integrity. When he became Proprietor of of the Hotel at this place he purchased of the former proprietor and some other parties a lot of hogs that were running out in common with other hogs belonging to divers persons, and I am satisfied that if hogs were Killed by Mr Owsleys employees ^that did not belong to him^ it was done without his knowledge or consent. I understand that the three principal witness in the case were Thos. H. Waters Robt. Shaw & Philip Wilder. The two former I have known long and well, and to say the least they are men of very doubtful veracity and so regarded in this community. The latter I know but little about except that there was at the time of the finding of the indictment a very bad state of feeling existing between him and Mr Owsley growing out of the fact that Mr Owsley had

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some time previously discharged ^him^ from his employ.

Very Respectfully Your Obt Svt. C. Roberts

I know Judge C. Roberts to be a gentleman, of high inteligence and undoubted veracity W. F. Evans Jany 23d 1865