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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-0001-004-2467 BR15-429 to BR15-430

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To His Excellency Gov Bramlet

Your petitioner would respectfully represent to your Excellency that he was indicted at the Sept Term of the Kenton Circuit Court for Suffering Gaming in his house, And that a Bench warrant was issued and he was held to bail and being a Comparative Stranger here, he had no better way of proceeding than to insist upon the trial of the Cause: that at the Calling of the Cause he did not plead to the Indictment and that judgment was taken agaisnt him by default $200, He States that he is twenty three years old and keeps a small coffee house in Covington. and that if any Cards were played in his house for money, drinks or property, it was without his Knowledge and against his will & Consent. He also states that he understands that there was testimony before the grand jury that Cards had been played in his house for drinks. He further states that in the year 1861 he enlisted in the Army of the U S in Co "C" 51st Ohio Infantry Col Stanley Mathews for three years and actually Served in Said Army Army and Regiment three years and Sixteen days -- that he is poor and unable to pay the fine adjudged

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against him of Two Hundred dollars and he therefore prays your Excellency to remit the Same except the fees & Costs

Robert Scott

we whose names are hereto annexed Concur in the Statements & prayer of the foregoing petition

J. S. Scott M J. Dudley J, G. Carlisle A, H, Herod

I Know nothing of the above facts from personal Knowledge -- but from information derived from the Sheriff, I think that the costs & fees will be quite a sufficient punishment, and join in requesting the fine to the Comth. to be remitted

M. M. Benton

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Kenton Cir Ct vs Robt Scott $200. Permitting gaming on his premises Remit

17 Oct /65