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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-0001-004-1570 BR12-424 to BR12-425

Gallatin County, Kentucky Gallatin County, Kentucky Petition English Version 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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 his Excellency Thos E Bramlette Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Walter Brown Jr says that at the March term of Gallatin Circuit Court 1865 the Grand Jury of said County returned into court three (3) Several Indictments against him for unlawfully Gaming on the premises of Wm Landram and in the Court House on two (2) occasions your Petioner says it is true that he played for a small sum on the premises of Landram and did play twice in the court House in like manner with some Young Officers (while Soldiers were Stationed there) for a small Sum of Money now your petitioner says he is but a Boy of 18 years of age and has no Seperate Estate and is illy able to fee Lawyers to defend him and he lives in hopes his father will not find it out and as he is unable to pay the fulll fines and costs now he prays your Excellency to pardon and remit the same said indictments being numbered from one to the three and he will be ever grateful and thankful to toyour Excellency for Sheilding him from one Mr Scott who is theperhaps the Keenest Scouter of misdemeanors in the state and who appears

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to take delight in Prosecuting such cases

Respectfully your Obedient and Humble Servt

Gallatin Cir Ct vs Walter Brown Jr

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We the subscribers heartily Join in the prayer of the Petiioner and respectfully request that his fines be remitted and pardoned in advance as it can do no good and probably much harm to fine so young an Individual and one of Respectable Parents

Names R, T, F, Abbett R. R. Russell James, S,, McHatton S,, J,, Goins H. J. Abbett Jr. J. M.. Vanier, J W Roberts J, Critt, Furnish L Graves Jno. D. Pulliam J J Brown Mount. Marsh E. C. Peak J. Tom Ritchey D S G C Philip Edmonds D S C E. Samuel James Furnish William Bales Names John. V. Linzy W. M. Simpson

J J Landram. He Says he will not do so any more --

John T Robinson Jr, H. Baldwin Aaron Gregg Samuel. W. Spencer P. H. White V. W. Keene Jacob carnes W H. Landram W, S, Allen W. H. Keene