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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-0001-004-2057 BR14-243 to BR14-244

Laurel County, Kentucky Laurel County, Kentucky 1865-07-12 Petition 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 "3": Changes to page transcript. 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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To his excellency Thomas E, Bramlett Gov. of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner Adam Tuttle respectfully shoeth unto your excellency that he is a quite a poor man with a large family and feeble health, and at the last term of the Laurel Circuit Court he was fined in the sum of Sixty Dollars upon an indictment charging him with keeping a Tipling-house Your petitioner states that he was a stiller and had the right to sell w^h^iskey by the quart and your petitioner frequently gave his neighbours & customers a dram but never charged it unless they took as much as a quart. He states that William Cook the witness upon whose testimony petitioner was a lone convicted is a man of General bad moral character for truth so notoriously bad that he is not entitle to credit upon oath.

William Cook stated to William Morris that he Cook had never bought any liquor from petitioner by the smalls & paid the money for it, and on the trial he swore he had done so. Witness Cook swore there was no prejudice upon his part against your petitioner when in truth & in fact he had great prejudice at petitioner --

Your petitioner states that he has had to pay a heavy tax to the United States on the whiskey he stilled and is now greatly insolvent and if he can not get relief his

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family will have to suffer for the absolute necessaries of life, he therefore prays your excellency to interpose your pardoning power and remit said fine, and he will ever pray

Adam Tuttle Petitioner

Milton Jones states that William Cook had him summoned to sustain him in his testimoney that he had bought Whiskey twice of the petitioner & paid the money for it & stated that affiant was presant. And affiant has no recollection upon earth of ever seeing William Cook at anytime buy Whisky brandy or any liquor from the petitioner & pay the Money for it -- by the smalls or in any other way --

Sworn to before me by Milton Jones this 12 day of July 1865

Wm. R. Jones J. P ^for laurel county^

Marlan Jones states that William Cook is a man of bad moral Character that from the sumer of the Country in Cook's Neighbourhood he would not believe him upon oath affiant heard Cook sworn upon the above trial & he stated he had no prejudice at petitioner and affiant states that at that same time Cook did have prejudice at petitioner and afiant heard the trial of Tuttle & he was convicted a lone upon the testimony of Cook

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Sworn to before me by Marlan Jones this 30th12 day of July 1865 --

Wm. R. Jones J P for laurel county

We I Nancy Burnett state that I heard the said William Crook say he would go & hire us a substitute & then Change his name & get off. affiants Housband A. Burnnett then & still in the U S, service as a soldier, remarked to Cook that the officers would swear her Cook stated he would swear a lie for the bounty

Sworn to before me by Nancy ^& A^ Burnett this 12 day of July 1865 --

Wm. R. Jones J P for laurel county

We Marion Phelps, Will Mcgee W, J, Cook and William William Weaver and F, G, Crawford state that we are acquainted with the general moral Character of William Cook, that it is bad & so bad that we would not believe him upon his oath.

Sworn to before me this the 12th day of July 1865 Wm. R. Jones J P

Sworn to before me by Marion Phelps, Will Mcgee W, J, Crook, William Weaver and F. G. Crawford this day of July 1865 --

Wm R. Jones J. P for laurel c.

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Remit

Laurel Cir Ct vs Adam Tuttle " Petiton " $60. Tipling 18 Sept/65

Sent for fee 20 July