Maysville Kentucky
November 12^th 1863
To his Excellency
Gov Bramlette

Dear Sir, At the late term of the Mason Circuit Court, I was fined for selling spiritous liquors to a slave- upon an agreed statement of facts, a copy of which together with a Copy of the judgment I enclose- I have kept a Bar in Maysville for a number of years, and have always endeavored to Comply with the strict letter and Spirit of the law- I knew that I had no right to sell liquor to a slave and always refused to do so without the permission of the master. I knew the boy to whom the liquor in this instance was sold, to be the slave of my neighbor Samuel W Wood, but I knew that he was hired to a free negro barber who also kept a shop a few doors from me, The negro boy Came in with the barber to whom he was hired, and his temporary master told me to let him have a drink of whiskey, and supposing I had a right to do so under this authority I sold the boy a drink for himself and his temporary master. Poliltical excitement was bitter at the time and I was indicted for selling, although S W Wood Cared nothing about the matter, and allthough it was the only drink the boy ever took at my bar — I respectfully request your excellency to remit so much of the fine as by law you are permitted to do — as the balance makes a sum as large as I am able to pay

Respectfully Peter Miller

Mason Cir Ct
vs
Peter Miller
$50 —
Tipling
16^th Nov 1863

Remit except fees & costs

Tho E Bramlette