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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-0001-004-1785 BR13-312 to BR13-313

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To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette Govenor of The State of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Wm Rawling would respectfully would represent to your Excellency That in May 1858. he was indicted by the Grand Jury of Washington County Ky charged "with shooting at one Wm Myers with intent to kill. without wounding." and at August Term 1858, of the Washington Circuit Court a verdict on the trial was reReturned by a Jury sworn to try the case. imposing a fine on this Petitioner Defendant of one hundred and. thirty nine dollars and imprisonment in the County Jail for six months -- now. your petitioner would state, that he was not in Court present when the Jury returned their verdict or when Judgment of the Court was pronounced, and has been most of the time since absent from tThis state -- He further states that at the time said offense is charged to have been committed he was young and inexperienced=He states that there were many the paliating circumstances connected with the transaction which he believes would have very materially changed the verdict If he could have proved the whole transaction on. the trial -- Your petitioner would state that he is now a married man with family of children -- He asks that your excellency with your executive power. will releive him from the Judgment so far as it is for imprisonment and remit the fine -- an enforcement of sd Judgment would be extremely oppressive on your petitioner and ruinous and blighting to the prospect of

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himself & family, Wherefore he again asks the exercise of Your Exellencys clemency --

W M Rawlings

Sworn to before me by Wm RawlingsMay 27 1865

R Hite J P. M. C

R H May 27 65

The Undersigned Citizens of Washington County Ky would respectfully ask of His Excellency The Govenor of Kentucky, a favourable consideration of the petition of Wm Rawlings, and unite with sd Petitioner in requesting that sd Petitioner be relieved of the Judgment for imprisonment and that the fine be remitted.

Respectfully James P Calhoun James Green Jr J. H. Polin Thos. S. Grundy R. J. Simms Zac Pope D C Brayles J H Gitlings J H Moffett L R Thurman J. P. Barbour R S Peters -- C R Graycroft John McIntire M. G. Gorin C. F. Bosley C. B. Butrell Emmet Field Jas R Cughes H. L. McElroy Hugh McElroy C. R. McElroy N Thompson A. C. McElroy J. W. Rinehart E L Davison

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Washington Cir Ct vs Wm Rawlings

Remit so much of the penalty as Requires 6 months imprisonment -- but the fine part not remitted 12th June/65