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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-0001-004-1663 BR13-135 to BR13-136

Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky 1865-04-13 Correspondence English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Monticello Kentucky April 13th 1865 To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Gov. of Kentucky Dear Gov.

The friends of two very old men of this County Joseph Owens and William Perdue, I have no doubt will present a petition for them to get you to remit the Judgment in a forfeited recognizance against them for $100000. for the failure of Nancy. Ann Denny to make her appearance at the last term of this Court -- Mrs. Denny was accused of Manslaughter and sent on to further trial and was advised by many good citizens that it would be unsafe for her to return here on account of threats from deceased friends. & relatives. The whole community here Justify the homicide and state the woman was not to blame and was only remanded to further trial to avoid violence and danger, I heard the proof before the Grand Jury and do not think, the expartee examination would Justify conviction I deemed it my duty under the law to take Judgment on the forfeiture and leave the matter to Executive Clemency where it belonged I have remitted portion

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of my fees. I make these statements as an act of Justice to two old men -- one of them the Grand father of the woman.

Very respectfully M H Owsly

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Wayne Cir Ct vs Jos Owens & Wm Perdue $1000.

Remit

23d May 1865