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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-0001-004-1846 BR13-412

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To His Excellincy Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Robert Davis would Respectfully represent unto your Excillency That he was at the Present March Term of the Laurel Circuit Court 1865 fined twenty dollars for retailing that the Circumstances under which he was Indicted & fined were as follows That in the Spring of 1864 he was working at a Military Post near London Ky. and one day he was requested by Pitman who was a Tavern keeper to waiting on any one calling at the bar for a short time and your Petitioner ^not^ thinking of violating Law did go behind the Counter and sell one or two drinks of whisky as a matter of accomodation for said Pitman without realizing or Expecting to realize one cents he was not Sworn as required by law but did not know that it was contrary to law to sell for a Licensed Tavern Keeper withuot being Sworn that he knew but little of the Laws of this State as he was driven by this rebelion from Tenissee his native State a Short time after the Commencement of the Present war

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for no other reason than that he could not & would not be a tra traitor to his country He Says that he is a very poor man and a law abiding citizen & thinks it very hard to be made pay a fine for violating a law which he did not know was in Existince or he would not have done so

The premises considered He prays that your Excillency remit said fine and he promises not to ask a similar favor Again

Robert Davis

The undersigned believe the Statements of the foregoing Petition and Heartily join in the prayer thereof

R. Boyd W P Evans H L Blakely Jesse Randall Hiram. Faris R D Johnson W H, Bottoms Wm H Tompkins C. B. Faris clk Laurel Cir Court Wm I Moren W. K. Johnson N. B. Jones Thos. J. Canifax

Gov Bramblett

I hope that you will remit this

G Pearl

Laurel Co vs Wiley Green $50 4th May/65