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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-0001-004-2559 BR16-93 to BR16-94

Jessamine County, Kentucky Jessamine County, Kentucky 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 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "2": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.
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To His Excellency, Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of Kentucky.

Your petitioners Citizens of Jessamine County, would respectfully represent; that Frances L Bourn, was indicted in two cases, at the September term 1864 of the Jessamine Circuit Court -- In one, for stealing a bay horse, the property of Ambrose Cobb, and in the other, for stealing a roan horse, the property of William M Bibb. Two terms of the Court have been held since the indictments were found and at each term the cases were Continued by the Commonwealth

The family of the accused are law-abiding, good Citizens and have nothing to regret, so much, as a pending indictment against one of their members on a charge of larceny -- Prior to these indictments, the accused bore a good name, and since then, he has been industrious and well disposed --

Your petitioners do not believe the interest of the public or that public justice, requires the further prosecution of said indictments. on the Contrary, they believe the ends of justice will be better attained by Causing them to be dismissed,

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they therefore, respectfully, ask your Excellency to Cause said indictments to be discontinued --

Tom K Letcher L S McFarland G M Wilmore J. S. Sparks M. T Lowry Geo W, Hightower Jessee Bryant H Hackett John B Crawl Isaac Sparks John E. Patton Henry M Chrisman E B Muir J. S Neat John B, Wallace John M Dickerson Sam A. White S. R. Overstreet Jailor Ed Waller Joe C Smither John W Stone J, M, Spruel C B Saunders J W Wilmore Thos D. Wilmore James Burdine Wm C. Piper J. S McMurtry Nathanel Welch L. S. Robards S H Noland W Dickerson S. B Saunders W. J. Deniman -- Thos B,, Crutcher Ch,, Dickerson S. J. C S Noland clk Jessa Cir ct W Brown John W. Prithoff Jas M Saffell Augustus Schaeffer G, S, Shanklin Wm. G. Robinson Allen B Robinson John Dozer C, C, Chrisman T Wooden R. S Ferguson P J J C C John A Willis Clerk County Court J S Bronaugh County atty

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Jessamine Cir Ct vs Francis L Bourn vs Indicted in 2 cases for Horse Stealing Pardoned 9 Oct /65