To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky.

Your petitioner Greenberry Tingle Jr states that he was indicted in the Henry Circuit Court for stabbing and wounding Turner, a slave of James Boyer, in sudden heat and passion, without malice and not in self defense. And at the September Term 1863 with the permission of the attorney for the Com'th, he plead guilty and the jury assessed his fine at $50 — Peititioner was induced to take this course because he was aware that he had committed a technical violation of law, though, he acted under the circumstances, just as the majority of men would have done.

The facts in his case were these — This slave stole petitioner's horse and an Endeavorrd to make way with it- Petitioner after missing his horse found it & became thoroughly satisfied that the negro had stolen it & his bridle. Petitioner & his father tried to get the owner of the negro to correct him for his conduct but he failed to do So, and petitioner seeing the negro one day accosted him & demanded the bridle which

he had stolen- Some words occurred between them the negro used imprudent langugae between towards petitioner ^was generally known to be a very bad negro^ and threatened peition with his master when petitioner, in the excitement of the moment, cut him with his knife- the wound was not serious has not damaged the negro, and deft regrets that he ever used the negro knife on the negro —

Petitioner is a poor young man of 19 years of age, and can sustain & prove a good character as a peaceable quiet boy who never had a difficulty before l in his life, & never interferes with other people's business

Petitioner promising ^not^ to get into a like difficulty again respectfully asks your Excellency to remit so much of the fine against him as the law will permit to be done.

G ^his X mark^ Tingle Jr
attest John M Harlan

Sworn to before me by G. Tingle Jr this 8^th day of September 1863

Jno. C. MonfortP J H c c

The undesigned knows G. Tingle Jr & the slave Turner wounded by him- Tingle is a quiet, peaceable, inoffensive young man, of excellent habits and of industrious and law abiding generally. And the [ne] negro

is a bad dangerous slave who in one or two instances recently has acted in an outrageous manner. We ask that Tingle's fine be remitted.

H C Gardner
Augustus Elston

The undersigned testify to the general good character & peaceable desposition of G. Tingle Jr- We are citizens of Henry County, and ask respectfully that his fine be remitted.

Samuel Jones

Berry Ellis

John Mahoney

David Fitzgerald

James Pearce Sr

We unite in the prayer of the petitioner

Tho. Rodman

The recommendation of Saml Jones, whom I well know, induces me to sign petition

Jno, C. Monfort P J H c c

Henry Cir Ct
vs

Sept 21^st/63
Remit all except costs and attys fees
Tho Bramlette

G. Tingle Jr
$50 —