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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-0001-004-1627 BR13-82 to BR13-83

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To His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky:

The undersigned citizens of Marion County Kentucky would respectfully represent that at the last February Term of the Circuit Court within and for the County aforesaid Mrs Irena Murphy was fined the sum of twenty Dollars for retailing spiritous liquors without a license. There was but one instance of selling proven, but they say that Mrs Murphy is and was at the time of the alleged selling a poor widow with two little children to support, (her boys having enlisted in the army of the United States at the beginning of the War.) and with no one to depend upon but herself. They say that in view of all the circumstances, that she was and still is a poor but honest and respectable woman, who cannot without being put in great distress and inconvenience pay the fine imposed upon her, that if really guilty of selling the liquor it was to enable her to obtain an honest lively hood for her self and her little children, it would be a praiseworthy Exercise of Executive clemency to remit said fine, and they accordingly pray your Excellency to do so -- and as in duty bound &c -- March 28th 1865 --

T. C. Jackson Jno F Wilburn B Spalding W. T. Knott S A Spalding W. J. Fisk John D Belden R Hite J. H. Kirk J H Sanders H D Gilmore Lee Phillips J. L. St. Clair W Edmondson

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The undersigned Jurors who set upon the case of the Case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky v' Mrs Irena Murphy would repsectfully say that we consider said case as worthy of Executive clemency and would therefore recommend the remission of the fine --

Sam. Spalding Wm Bigger G H Spears Fletcher, Wilson, James Elder Wm Proctor, McElroy Wm A molohon Thomas. H. Johnson

Hon T. E. Bramlette

Sir. Above you will see that eight of the twelve Juryman that tried the case of Comlth against Mrs Irena Murphy for Selling whicky have signed the Petition for remittance, and could the remaining four have been seen I have no doubt but they would have signed the same as the Jury all kew ^knew^ deft to be a poor & needy Widow lady

yous & c T. C. Jackson C. M. C. C

June 2 1865

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Hon B. Spalding Frankfort Ky

LENON KY JUN 2

Marion Cir Ct vs Mrs Irena Murphy for $20 Tipling 3d June 1865

Remit