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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-0001-004-2291 BR15-160 to BR15-161

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Your Peititioners, citizens of Lawrence County would represent to your Excellency, that on the 12th day of July 1865 before the Hon Jno M Clayton Judge of Lawrence Quarterly Court, Andrew Dempsey was upon his plea of "Guilty" Fined Sixty dollars for the offence of Keeping a Tipling house, Your petitioners would further represent that this is the first conviction against said Dempsey for such an offence, that a Military camp has been for a long period kept at the place where the offence was charged to have been committed, and that tipling and such like violations of law have been to a very considerable extent countenanced by the officers of said camp, that such irregularities have now ceased and the regular process of law enforced and apprehensions of further disorders have been dissipated Your petitioners would respectfully ask that the said fine of Sixty dollars against the Said Andrew Dempsey be remitted except for so much as Thirty percent thereof

And as in duty bound your petitioners wil ever pray &c

Petitioners Names Calvin, Wellman Jake Rice Wm F Moore David H Brown Enoch H Carter Petitioners Names Wm M Waddington Jacob Helvy 2d Lt. Co. C. 39. Ky H, C, Smith Bennet Cox P W Whitcker Martin Eveans John Travis

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David J Smith A J role Leonard Nolen William andabatt William Chapplin F sammons James R nolen daniel William sammons milton rentons James P A Kissinger Jeffson Blevons Thomas F Witter James W West Fleming McHenry James Gared Fremont Bussey George, W, Murry Charley Elkins J, L, Layne John Russel T Thompson Henry Roberson W. M. Waelking James Collier C P Dunenfort Charles carr stanlley wapley William C Littrell Jeremiah Samons

I recommend that your excellency remit this fine as I am convinced the facts stated in the Petition are true & this party belonged to U. S. forces and did not think he was answerable for selling Ardent Spirits.

Respectfully K. S. Pridwell County attorney

I also recommend that your excellency remit the fine I am satisfied that there are mitigating circumstances connected with this case it seems that his wife is truly the offender.

Yours truly Jno. M Clayton Judge L C C

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Petition of Citizens of Lawrence Co To Release a $60 fine vs Andrew Dempsey for Keeping a TiplingHouse Remitted 19 Aug/65