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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-0001-004-1670 BR13-145

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1865-04-18 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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Covington Ky April 18th 1865 To Hon Gov. Bramlette

your petitioner Lafayette Brafford would respectfully represent to your Honor that he was fined at the March Term of the Kenton Circuit in Cov. for assualt the sum of one Hundred dollars and he states that he was innocent of the charge that the guilty parties were cleared by said Court, he says that he is poor but through sympathy he has Given security for the sd. sum, he says that he has sent on a petition but owing to some neglect or miscarriage he is in formed that it did not reach you. On that Petition 10 out of the 12 juryman that found him guilty sighned it for the release that you could remit of said fine Mr R. B. Carpenter the Comwth, Attorney also recommended it, The jury have dispersed and it almost impossible to see them he is greatly in hope you may by this time have recd his original petion, he prays that you will remit said fine and for all legal Interferance on your behalf

Lafayette Brafford

I know the statements made above are true,

S C Perrin Attorney for L Brafford

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We the undersigned join in the foregoing Petition and believe it should be respitid as we are fully satisfied the statements made in said petition are True

Petitioners names A, H, Herod Petitioners names

The Indictment charged this defendant and two others with an assault with intent to kill, Separate trials were granted and Brafford was tried first, I did not think the proof justified a conviction under the indictment but asked the Jury to find defd guilty of an assault and battery -- The proof showed that he gave the man one kick the others were acquitted -- The man was cut with a knife but I am satisfied the man who did the cutting was neither one of the defendants but a man who has escaped -- it was a street brawl -- Brafford is poor the statement made in the former petition by me was Similor to this -- That was Signed by 10 of the jury

R B Carpenter Comths atty

Please direct to S. C Perrin Cov Ky

Kenton Cir Ct vs L Braffords Petition $100, Remitted 24th May 1865

Perrin