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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-0001-004-2167 BR14-403

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1862-01-08 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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Cov. Ky Jan 8th 1862 To the Honourable Beriah Magoffin Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner George ,W, Thompson Says that at the December Term of the Kenton Circuit Court at Covington Ky That he was fined in two Cases fifty dollars Each for selling Liquors to Minors he states that he had a boy hired to attend to his "Bar" and that he sold to one Belin and one Blackburn that he had the consent of Belins father but not in Writing that he thought Blackburn was at Least 22 years old but he has no Doubt that he violated the law but did not Know it at the time nor did he believe he could be fined for what his clerk done in the premises as he had give him possitive orders to sell to no one under the age of 21 years hef paidtheComwthattorneyhisfeeandtheCostsofsuit and hopes your Honour will release the two fines and your Petitioner will Ever pray &c

George W Thompson

I Attended to the trials for Deft in the two cases Mentioned above and the Testimony in Court iswas as stated above and I believe the statements of G W Thompson are true

S C Perrin Atty

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I am of the opinion that the within is a fitting case for Exexcutive clemency

W E Arthur Atty Cw'th

Kenton Cir. Ct G W Thompson Petition

Respite 12 mo B, M, $50 2 cases } selling liquor to minors IssdJany 17 1862
Remitted 24 Aug 1865