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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-0001-004-2264 BR15-101

1865-08-22 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 Thos E. Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner John F. Sudduth of Garrard County Ky. would respectfully represent to your Honor that at the Sept term 1858 of the Lincoln Circuit Court a judgment was recovered against him in favor of the commonwealth for the sum of twenty dollars for the offense of gaming; and that at the time the s'd judgt was recovered he was absent from this Commonwealth and a citizen of the state of Missouri and was thus deprived of athe privilege of setting ^up^ his defense and that he ^does^ not know or, now recollect in consequence of this long lapse of time whether he was guilty of the offense charged in the Indct in which the s'd judgt was recovered; and that a Capias Profine is now in the hands of the sheriff of Lincoln Co for the s'd $20 -- & costs of action: under all the foregoing circumstances and the facts that your petitioner has a large family to support, is of weak constitution and physical frame and has no profession or trade or property and has suffered much by reason of the late Rebellion -- having been robbed of all his property and effects three different times by guerrillas in Missouri would respectfully ask and beseech your Honor to remit the "Fine" as aforesaid; this the 22d of Augt 1865

John F. Sudduth

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The undersigned petitioners would respectfully ask the Executive clemency in remitting the "fine" as asked for in the foregoing petition of John PF. Sudduth believing the statements made by him are true and knowing that he is a clever and deserving citizen; Augt 22d 1865

B M Burdett E Browne L. R. McMurtry Chas Gallagher John I Huffman W, S, Elkins M H, Owsley N Sandifer D M Sackey G W Dunlap Geo. H McKee Thos W. Varnon S Turner Fon T Fox M. L. Rice

Garrard ^Lincoln^ Cir Ct Lincoln vs John F, Sudduth $20, Gaming 26 Aug/65