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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-0001-004-2188 BR14-427

Garrard County, Kentucky Garrard County, Kentucky 1865-08-26 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 Thos E. Bramlette Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Your petitioners the undersigned would respectfully represent to your Honor that as the present Augst term 1865 of the Garrard Circuit Court one Wm Reuben Saddler a citizen of Garrard County Ky was convicted of the offense of obstructing the "public highway" and that the obstruction was very slight indeed as appeared upon the trial and was caused by a mistake on the part of Mr Saddler as to the position of the line to his land and the location of the road and that the fence which was the obstruction was only about two feet into the road and that Mr saddler removed the s'd fence so soon as he could find the exact location of his line and the road after he was notified of the obstruction; and state that they believe the penalty adjudged against Mr Saddler, to wit, one hundred & seven dollars is too severe for a mere technical obstruction of the "public highway" and particularly when the Public were not injured in the least by the offense and the prosecution was only pressed & urged by one man who was is ^a^ personal enemy of Mr Saddler; Under the circumstances as above recited your petitioners would respectfully ask your hHonor to remit the s'd penalty; this 26th of Augst 1865

R. M. Bradley G. W. Dunlap John J Huffman M G harshman W H Barnett Late Capt 3rd Ky C. M. Leavell W. D Hopper clk Garrard Circuit Court S.. Lusk B M Burdett Jas L Anderson S G C Hall Nuder Samuel, B, Lean E D Kennedy S. B. Leavell

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We the undersigned ^the^ jurors who tried the within mentioned action of the Commonwealth vs R. Sadler respectfully ask your Honor to remit the penalty adjudged vs s'd Sadler Augt 28th 1865

Jno S. Slavin S D Carpenter Samuel Cochran Allen Beagley James McQuery Clement Evens James Austin Wm Miller Wm H. Babcock Wm Clarke A. T. Burdett

Garrard Cir Ct vs Reuben Saddler Remit $107 -- 20 Sept /65