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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-0001-004-2829 BR17-106 to BR17-107

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To his excellency Thomas E. Bramlett Governor of the State of Kentucky

The undersigned your petitioners members of the Bar & citizens of Owen County would respectfully represent that Patrick Deskin was convicted at the november term of the owen Circuit Court 1865 of the offense of shooting with intent to kill or wound but did neither kill or wound & that Diskin was fined by the jury who sat tried him in the sum of $300,00 & not being able to pay said fine is now in jail in Owen County this State suffering the penalty of the law

Your petitions would further represent that said Diskin is an exceedingly poor & ignorant Irishman & has a family dependent upon him for daily subsistence that he has hitherto borne a fair character character for industry & sobriety & that your excellency would do a worthy act to remit his punishment so far as by law you can do

W H Sandford clk of Owen Circt ct J D. Lillard Geo. S. Low Master Comr of Owen Ct. Court Jas M Brown Th N Lindsey O, D, McManama Joseph Blackwell J A Duncan G W Craddock W. B. Roberts Geo. C. Roberts A. P. Grover H Todd D S O C

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names P, U. Major J E Powell H. P Montgomery A Branham F Brown J M Coates S. Gray J P Orr Jr Rev assr Own Co Thos H Ritchey J. B. Martin James H. Parker Ezra K. Fish W A. Bond Chas Bond Tho A Catlett S A Craig E. C. Tandy Alx Rodgers Thos Bond J. W. West Geo. M. Child D. S. Frazier C. C. Scales R. W. Orr J. C. Hartrough J T. Vangelt names J M Alexander S B Brown H. D. Barker J E Nichols J S Ellis R H. Gale Ed D Hogan D. C. O. C. C

Gov, I am perfectaly satisfied That the, within petition has merit in it

J. B. English

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Owen Cir Ct vs Patrick Diskin $300, Shooting with intent to kill 6 Dec/65