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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-0001-004-2919 BR17-244 to BR17-245

Mercer County, Kentucky Mercer County, Kentucky 1865-12-15 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 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 Govenor of Kentucky;

Your petitioner John Banta, states that at the October term 1863 of he Mercer Circuit he was tried on an indictment charging him with keeping a tipling house and was fined $60 and costs -- He states the fact to be, and such was the proof, that he had no license to keep a tavern or sell liquor; but he had whiskey at his house which he kept for his own use and a ^man living in his^ neighborhood his by the name of Charles Catlett having a sick wife came to the house of your petitione as often as twice to purchase a pint of whiskey for the use of his sick wife which your petitioner sold to him, although he had no license to sell, but being poor he could not afford to give his liquor away -- This was the whole proof against petitioner and to this extent only he states that he did not comply with the law -- He states that he has replevied the fine and will have to pay it soon unless Your Excellency will remit it, which he most respectfully petitions your Excellency to do -- He says the foreging statements are true --

John Bonta

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 15th day of December 1865

Richard Board C, M, C, C

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We the undersigned citizens of Mercer County would state that Your petitioner on the opposite page John Banta, is a man of good character and we think it would be an act of justice to him to remit the fine mentioned by him -- ; We join with him in the petition to your Excellency to remit it

Richard Board clk Mercer Circuit Court Thos Edwards P J M C C Richard F Connor D C John G. Kyle James D Hardin E. Low M. T. H J. W. Cardwell A G Kyle

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Mercer Cir Ct vs John Bonta $60 Tipling Remitted 15 Jany/66 Remit