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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-0001-004-1978 BR14-116 to BR14-117

1865-06-16 Petition English Version 1 of page "2": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner would most Respectfully state that at the June term 1865 of the Marion Circuit Court Ky atwo judgements wasere rendered against him ^one^ for $500 -- and one for $20 -- for the alledged charge of Gaming & seting up a faro Bank -- Your Petitioner has paid the costs & Comwths attorney part but he is unable to pay the balance without robbing his family he says he is not a gambler nor does he make his support by Gaming in any way and never has delt faro but once and that is the offense charged & then only at the solicitation of others the very men who were witnesses against him that he did not own the table Box or cards but the whole apparattus belonged to another and he dealt for those who were present Your Petitioner will say that if Your Excellency will remit the fine he will never deal again to accomodate other persons Your Petitioner most respectfully asks a remission

John A Taylor

J A T June 17

Sworn to before me by John Taylor this June 16 1865

T. C. Jackson Clk

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Your Petitioners most respectfully aks a remission of the two fines T. C. Jackson Clk M, C, C, F. B. Merimee James M Fidler Jno. G. Rogers Lt Col 54 Ky Vols Jos H Chandler John R. Thomas B Spalding

Marion Cir Ct vs John A Taylor 4500, Faro $20, Gaming 27th June/65

Remit