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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-0001-004-2425 BR15-369 to BR15-370

Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky 1865-09-22 Petition English Version 1 of page "4": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "4": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "3": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. 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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Covington Ky Sept 22d 1865 To His Excellency Governor Bramlette

Your Petitioner Charles Mitchell would respectfully represent to your Honour that he was This day Convicted in the Kenton Circuit Court in Covington Ky for Taking Some $9 17/100 cents in Postage Currency on last saturday Evening in the Makit in Covington ^and sentanced to the Penatentiary for five years^ he says he has no doubts but what he did take money for it was proven positively upon him in said Court on the trial and the only Excuse he has to offer which was also proven on the trial that he was drunk the taking was done in the presence of the Owners of the Money She & he had it as she swore in a quarter Peck measure on her stand and there was Many persons present, and She and her Husband were both attending to the Stand in market he says he would not have done so if he had been sober never done any thing of the kind before he says that he has served 3 years in the army of the United States and had just been discharged that all the Money he had was stolen or taken from him the same Evening and he has not heard any thing of it since

He therefore prays your Honor to use your Executive Clemency and Grant him a pardon and your Petitioner will Ever pray &C

Charles Mitchell

We whose names hereto subscribed join in the foregoing Petition and pray

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Your Honour to pardon the said Charles Mitchell and we will Ever pray &C,

Petitioners Names J. C. Howard W, T Hill H. S. Wally Foreman Jury J H Easton James G Arnold Thos.. L.. Laris H, S, Wilson Juro

I am satisfied that this case presents as good reasen for the exercise of Executive Clemency as any case if drunken faithfully can C H Hoover

J. Battersby B,, Peytin Main Robert McVay M, Ashford J H Bloomer H Hardelebeck Joseph Havekemp J, H, Berkius Petitioners names James and nelly Donavan prosecutieing Wittnesses

We have become Satisfied Since Wittness the triall that the Said Charles Mitchell is not the Man that G Got our money

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I am acquainted with most of the persons whose names are to this petiton and they respectable Citizens of Covington Ten of the Jury that convicted him & the prossecuter the woman who made charge now say, by her certificate here that she was mistaken that he was not the man of which she is now satisfied you will please answer without delay as the Court has committed to keep him here till next monday. 15th Int

Octr 10th' 65

Respectfully James G Arnold

His Excellency Governor Bramlette Frankfort Ky

Kenton Cir Ct vs Chas B. Mitchell Pardoned 13th Oct /65

Charles B Mitchell Petition