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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-0001-004-1632 BR13-89

1865-03-21 Petition English 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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His Excellency Governor Bramlette,

We the undersigned Citizens of Newport, Campbell County Kentucky, would most respectfully State. That at the late term of the Circuit Court held at Newport, B Amptman was tried and convicted of selling spiritous Liquors without License and fined ($6000/100) Sixty Dollars, the following facts where proved on the trial. That the City of Newport, granted him a License for the purpose of Keeping a Coffee house in said City, and he paid the City Tax, and took a receipt for the State Tax from the City Clerk In Sum, there is no doubt Mr Amptman paid the City & State Tax before he obtained his License he offered the receipt of the City Clerk for the State Tax butand relied upon it. The Court decided it could not be offered in evidence as the payment should have been made to the County Court clerk, it is a great hardship on Mr Amptman who is a poor crippled man, with a large family depending on him. He is a German thought & beleived that the payment to and receipt of the City clerk was good & sufficient and that custom here always has been to pay the state Tax to the clerk of the City. We therefore pray your Excellency to use the Executive clemency in this case of Amptmans. as we feel confident and well assured the public interest will not suffer thereby, and the cause of Justice will be subserved and your petitioners will ever pray.

March 21st 1865

H D Helm T H Holmes Robt B MCrackin John C. Beck M. D. R D Hayman Geo. R. Trearons H B, Miles Ira Root James E Perry Thos S Digby Sidney B Jones James Hunter

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Campbell Cir Ct vs B. Amptman $60 -- 20th May/65

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