To his Excellency the Governer.

Your Petitioner Geo Parker will state that he is sheriff of Union County and at the last term of the Union Quarterly Court, one Whitmall Mitchell was in the County seat Morganfield, drinking and disorderly. Your Petitioner was attending on the court, By order of the County Judge E G Taylor arrested Mitchell and put him in Jail Some time after the arrest an attorney of the Court moved to alow the prisoner to be brought out, and be permitted to execute bond to keep the peace — This was ordered and he was brought out; but coming into the court house he was still noisy and the Court ordered your petitioner to again carry him to Jail — Your petitioner started to the door with the prisoner carrying him to Jail, when L. S. Mitchell a brother of the prisoner when out of doors requested your petitioner to return and obtain the Judges consent that he might take him home. Your petitioner returned to ask permission of the Court to suffer his brother to take him home, the Judge refused this permission and directed me to put him in jail, I at once returned and sought out the prisoner and he had escaped and gone home ^as I supposed^ when without the knowledge of your petitioner Saml C Hughes our County Judge imposed a fine on your petitioner of twenty dollars. Your petitioner

was at the time very unwell and acted in good faith and did not refuse to execute the orders of the court with any disrespect or for any favor towards the prisoner —

Wherefore he prays the executive to remit said fine —

Geo Parker

A. P. Mitchell and L S Mitchell say they have heard the foregoing petition read and assent to the Statements and say they acquit Geo Parker of any blame. and further [...] that on the day of the accurence Parker was very unwell or appeared to be

L S Mitchell
A. P. Mitchell

Sworn to before me by Geo Parker A P Mitchell & L S Mitchell, this 18^th September 1863

David C James
Clerk Union Circuit Court