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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-0001-004-1495 BR12-318 to BR12-319

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlet Governour of Kentucky

Your Petitioner George Perkins would respectfully show unto your Honour that he was at the February Term of the Garrard Circuit Court 1865 fined Sixty Dollars upon a charge of Keeping a Tippling house now your Petitioner would respectfully State to your Excellency that he was not guilty of keeping a Tippling house & that he was able to have shown the fact to the Court but the principal witness for the Commonwealth & Defence & a witness with out which the Commonwealth could not have tryed the case was wounded by a pistol shot & entirely unable to attend court & your petitioner being young & Ignorant of Law & knowing there was, no witness by which the Commonwealth could make out her case he did not attend Court & a short time since He, came down to Lancaster & employed a Lawyer to Defend his case & when they went to the clerk,s office to Look to the papers my Lawyer informed me there was a judgment vs me by Defalt which was a thing I did not suppose could have been done if I had understood the Law I would have made defence & I assure your Excellincy that I had a good defence & in good faith intended to make it but being Ignorant of the Law & proceedings

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in Court I was fined $60 now your Petitioner being very young & poor and having a widowed mother with a large family of infant children to support or help support under these circumstances I respectfully ask your Excellency to remit said fine & I pledge my self to be a good citizen in future & if your Excellency wishes any information about me or my family you Can enquire of Col John K Faulkner a member of the present Legislature & George Denney both of said Gentlemen know me your

George Perkins

We whose names are hereto annexed from our knowledge of the above case the Petitioner & his family respectfully ask the remission of said fine

Alex Lusk W H. Wherritt A B Brown W. D. Hopper G W Dunlap N Sandifer W D Carpenter M. L. Rice

The judgment rendered in the above styled action was taken "by default," at the Feby term 1865 W. D. Hopper clk Garrard Circuit Court

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Garrard Co vs George Perkins Petition To The Governour of Ky $60.

Remit

24th May 1865