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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-0001-004-2098 BR14-305 to BR14-306

Adair County, Kentucky Adair County, Kentucky 1865-07-10 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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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioner begs leave to represent to your Excellency that at the last June Special Term of the Adair Circuit Court in the year 1865 Judgment was rendered against him for fines on 4 Indictments of the Grand Jury Nos 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- & 5 -- the amount in aggregate was $84 ^fines and $50,,55 costs^ -- as follows No 1. for Sellling liquor to Soldiers on trial by Jury -- Judgt for $14,, fine & $16.80 cts costs No 2 for Same offense trial by Jury Judgment for $10. fine & $15,,75 ct costs No 3. ^same offense^ Judgment by Default or Confession for $10. fine & $9. costs, No 5. for Selling liquor to Slave Judgment by Default or Confession for $50. fine & $9. costs

Now your petitioner states that the two first cases he defended but the two last he did not defend in order to Save Costs -- And wishing to appeal to your Clemency as executive in all four of the Cases -- Your petitioner is very poorly able to pay the whole of Said fines and costs he thinks the Number of fines & heavy costs oppressive -- Your petitioner has no longer any connection with the liquor traffic & never expects to again and if relieved from the

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Said fines to the extent of your power will by hard effort be enabled to pay the Commths attorneys 30 pr ct & the Costs and make a Support for his wife & children family Your petitioner therefore humbly asks your excellency for Such relief as you think proper to grant --

This 10th July 1865 P W Vaughan

We have examined the foregoing petition and join in the prayer of the Same -- we know the petitioner and the circumstances and think it a case fully to justify the exercise of executive clemency July 10th 1865

P, C, Hardin G. A. Thomas, Wm F Stone T, T, Bradshaw Paschal Willis Saml B. Fields Junius Caldwell Edmund Butler James T. Page John W. Butler J C Winfrey James Vigers J. K. A. Strange W. H. Hudson W. C. Baker Robt Miller J B Murray W. O. Murrell N. G. Atkins D W Suddarth W, W, Page Y E Hurst