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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-0001-004-2803 BR17-69 to BR17-70

Fleming County, Kentucky Fleming County, Kentucky 1865-12-06 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 1 of page "3": Changes to page transcript. 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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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Kentucky:

Your Petitioner Edward Elston respectfully represents that he was fined the sum of Twenty five dollars and costs in the Justices Court of L. B. Cox Judge of the Fleming County Court for an alleged assault & battery and breach of the peace -- He states that the persons with whom the difficulty took place were imposing upon and attempting to wrong and oppress his brother in law who is an exceedingly small and feeble young man, really a dwarf -- and he came to the relief of his said brother in law, and defended him from the wrong attempted to be perpetrated on him -- The assault was really commenced by the other party But they it seems applied for a warrant & included both him and his brother in law in it -- and thus he was placed at the mercy of the

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prosecuting witnesses and was deprived of the testimony of his brother in law, who would have relieved him of all blame. He had no interest in the matter, and was acting from sympathy and kindness of his feeble brother in law who was being wronged by the prosecuting witnesses -- Wherefore he respectfully asks that the Executive will interpose in his behalf & grant him a pardon from said judgment

Edward Elston

sworn to before me this 6th day of December 1865 by Edward Elston

John M Harbeson C, F, C, C

James Strode says he is the brother in law of Edward Elston referred to above -- He is twenty five years old and weighs less than one hundred pounds -- and quite feeble -- The facts as stated by Elston above are true

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but he was made a party and not permited to testify on the trial, and prosecuting witnesses had it all their own way. He hopes the Governor will pardon Mr Elston who only came to his assistance

Respectfully James R Strode

sworn to me by James Strode this 6th Decr 1865

John M Harbeson c f c c

The Undersigned citizens of Fleming County respectfully concur in the foregoing application and recommend the pardon of Edward Elston -- Decr 6th 1865

Thos J. Throop (Mason Co) D. K. Weis L. F. Warden W H Wadsworth (of Mason) A. E. Cole Thos L Given Wm H. Cord E. C Phister (Mason Cty) W O Phillips L, B, Cox M M Teague John M Harbeson John Alexander

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Charles Marshall

Fleming County Court vs Edward Elston $25 RAssault & -- Remitted 11 Dec/65