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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-0001-004-2967 BR43-48 to BR43-49

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To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlet Governor of Kentukcy

your Petitioners John Casey George Sebastian & Alexander Leasure would respectfully represent unto your Honour that they wer indicted for maliciously Shooting & fighting the Mis Lands Some years Since & had one trial & Jury could not agree all that the Jury proposed doing with them was to fine them but was unable to agree upon the fine and at the Last term of the Garrard Circuit Court they confessed Judgement for $25 each & an Attorneys fee of five Dollars each the cost in the case was $32. and 60 in each case which amounted to $57 and 60 cents each now your Petitioner G W Sebastian has paid all his fine & costs Except $12 your Petitioner John Casey has paid all but $22 and your Petitioner Alexander Leasure has not paid any thing to wards the

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fine and Costs and we unite in this Petition & ask your excellency to remit our fines as the expense of the Law suit & our Lawyers fees have oppressed us and we have made friends with the Lands & have peace & good will for all mankind & we assure you we will not trouble the Courts with trying us againe nor will we trouble you with any furthe Petitions

John Casey Georg W Sebastian & Alexander Leasure

I state that the above petition contains the facts touching said Trial & the Judgments were Confessed as Stated and I know the parties have made friends & so fare have been quiet & industriuous & the sums have been paid as stated I would be very thankfull for your Excell to remit the fines

R D Lusk

I concur in the above statement

W. D. Hopper

the undersigned join in the above petition

R. M. and W. O Bradley W. H. Wherritt John. Y. Lowell G. W. Dunlap

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Rejected Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Ky

Pr of Wm O Bradly

Garrard Cir Ct vs Casey, Sebastian & Leasure