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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-0001-004-3048 BR43-160 to BR43-161

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To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Gov of The Commonwealth of Ky

Your Petitioners Citizens of Calloway County Ky most respectfully represent that Samuel Hart a citizen of said County was some twelve or eighteen months ago indicted in our Calloway circuit court for the crime of Mule stealing charging the property as belonging to William Hutchen another citizen of said Co. That Just before the present Term of our circuit court now in session he had discovered that he could prove an alibi by a witness now living in the state of Illinois The Commonwealths Attorney discovered in the indictment vs said Samuel Hart aforesaid some mistake as to the ownership of said mule he then had the indictment dismissed and a new bill found vs him for stealing Rowland Hutchen's mule at the present term of the Calloway Circuit Court embracing one of said Harts material witnesses in said indictment and in a few minutes after the finding then of placed on trial And while we do most earnestly protest against such hasty proceedings in cases of such vital importance we have no room for censure for either the Jury or the officers of the Law.

In view of these facts & that Mr Hart is a very poor man has an excellent wife and seven helpless children all of whom are de

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depdent on him for a support and if deprived of his assistance will suffer We also state that Mr Hart is a man of excellent qual-ities Wherefore we most respectfully ask your excellency to Pardon Samuel Hart and return him to his helpless family

Names W. A Wadlington A S Skaggs T H Wilcot Johon gunter J T gunter W. D. Barber T H Barber W H Perkins W D Clanton T S guill Thomas E James E T miler A B miler C W Perkins J guter M. H. McLean J T Barber A J Brber F. C. Allen S.M. Edwards R. L. Brush Newton Daniel J. T. Daniel E. F. Alexander Names Wm. E. Perry B. B. Linn J. L. Perry Wm. A. Perry L. Linn J. C. Wilcox W A P Pool R Rolen J. H. Booker John Thornton O G Foster L Chinn Chas Curd D F Butterworth N. B. Butterworth R. L. Ellison J. L. Godwin J B Kerry Wm Thornton E. G. Curd J H Kindred R. L. Crisman P E Gream M A Miller Wm Marshall

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Names T L Bishop T. G Courder J. Z. Sledd P M. Boaz W B Linn R L Marshall J. D. Richy M. W. Bogard J H Otterback T.L. Attergson Names

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Samuel Hart To } Petition for Pardon Gov of Commlth of Kentucky