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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-0001-004-2375 BR15-294

Russell County, Kentucky Russell County, Kentucky 1865-09-25 Petition English 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 Thomas E. Bramlette Esqr Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Your petitioner William E Grider States that he was arrested for a breach of the peace and was tried before the County Judge of Russell County who empannelled a jury who fined him $25. this was assessed on the 17th day of July June 1865. Now the facts are about these. Your Petitioner and one Anderson M. Holmes disagreed in regard to a fence between their farms and had some words relation thereto each one getting excited in which he did abuse Said Holms with his toung but never Struck or assaulted him for each one was on his own side of the fence. Your petitioner is of the opinion that he committed no breach of the peace because he did ^not^ strike any person and does not think that words will Constitute a breach of the peace Wherefore your pet. asks respectfully asks a remission of said fine & as in duty bound will ever. &c

Wm E. Grider

Wm E Grider States that he beleives that the Statements of the foregoing petition are true Sworn to & subscribed by Wm E Grider before me this 25th Septr 1865.

We the undersigned Citizens of Russell County join in the prayer of the foregoing petition and respectfully ask thesaid said fine be remitted.

W, T, Jackman S. R. C N G Wells capt Thomas Wood Isham Bolin Lieut. Nathan Moore Lieut W. H. Walker Joel Hopper George Bryan C R Coffey J. P. Satterfield