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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-0001-004-2700 BR16-341 to BR16-342

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Novr 1865 To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett Govener of Ky

your Petitioner Ballard Repass Respectfully represents that at the Oct Term of the Lawrence Circuit Court 1865 his appearance was or had been entered to an Indictment charging your Petitioner with Tipling, by one Thomas Walace, who had no authority so to do, he says he was found guilty by default, and did not Know he was tried or that his appearance had been entered, he says he is Quite a boy and is a miserable criple; that if he had been represented

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on the trial or had his witnesses examined he does not believe he would have been fined. He says the fine is unJustly imposed on him and that his unable to pay the same, that he is in the Lawrence county Jail for the same and is in very feeble health, He prays that you will remit his fine and on duty he will ever pray

Ballard ^his X mark^ Repass

Governer Bramlett Dear Ser

I Know the above facts in substance to be true the Sheriff of Lawrence Mr Allison and the Jailer wants him out and his fine Remited

Yours J M. Burns

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Ballard Repass Lawrence Cir Ct vs Ballard Repass $60 Tipling Remitted 2d Dec/65