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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-0001-004-2389 BR15-314 to BR15-315

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To His Excellency Thos E. Bramlette Governor of State of Kentucky.

Your petitioners would most respectfully represent to your Excellency that at the September Term 1865 of the Fulton Circuit Court one of our citizens John W. Cole. charged with a Breach of the Peace in quarreling with and abusing one R. E. Finch, was found guilty by the Jury and fined the sum of Two Hundred & Twenty five Dollars -- ($225.00)

Now your petitioners would represent that Mr John W. Cole is a good and peacable citizen of the County that he is a poor man, with a family dependant upon his daily labor for a support; that immediately after the difficulty with sd R. E. Finch, which was nothing more than a "Christmas Frolic" said Cole and Finch were on friendly terms, and sd R. E. Finch voluntarily offered to pay the Physicians Bill for dressing the wound of sd J. W. Cole and the parties were then and are now on terms of friendship; that it would be a great hardship on said Cole, being a poor man, and wholly dependant upon his daily labor for the maintenance of himself and family to pay this fine, and your petitioners would therefore most respectfully appeal to your Executive clemency.

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to relieve Mr Cole by a remission of his fine, which would, in our humble judgment be just and equitable, and would at the same time vindicate the majesty of the law, as your petitioners will every pray &c

Members of The Bar W, H, Roper constable R E Millet G, W, Stubblefield Member City Council J Kirkpatrick member of coucil J D Cheatham mayor of city Hickman W Hicks foreman of Jury John A. Lauderdale H A Tyler C. L. Randle Charles P. Buck B, R, Walker W R Bradley Jo M. Bigger Joe Routhac E J Bullock Ed, Crossland Jno A Wilson Clk F Co C N A Brevard clk. F. Cir C Saml Landrum Judge Fulton Co Court G, M, Wilner ^main^ Witness of Commonwealth in the case W. R. Walker M Annberg J, S, Hubbard Wm Heron C. S drudge C J Coker Wm. S. Herington Isaac Winston J B Rose member city council

Owing to not starting this in time failed to get signature of Judge & prostg Atty both of whom favorably comended it.