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 November 12, 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-0001-004-3267 BR42-70

Madison County, Kentucky Madison County, Kentucky Petition English 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 Govenor of Kentucky

The undersigned citizens of Madison County respectfully represent that there is an indictment pending in the Madison circuit court in behalf of the commonwealth against Cornelius Gooch for shooting Mahala J. Gooch with intent to kill It has been so pending for seven or eight years and no witness has attended on behalf of the commonwealth and they do not believe the case ever will be tried. The defendant is put to great trouble and cost at every term of this court in preparing for his defense

The witnesses on both sides reside mainly out of Madison County

There is great diversity of opinion in respect to the intention and acts of Gooch and the undersigned do not believe that Gooch will ever be convicted and they think that he has been harrassed enough in the case

They therefore petition your excellency to pardon the deft

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