To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette

Governor of the State of Kentucky

Your Petitioner John St Clair would most respectfully state to Your Excellency that at the May 1862 term of theMarion Circuit Court Ky the Commonwealth of Ky recovered a judgement against your Petitioner for the sum of $500 — under the alledged charge of setting up and dealing faro. and Your Petitioner has paid to the Commonwealth's attorney his part of the fine and Your Petitioner had hoped that before this he would have been able to pay the balance of the fine but he finds himself totally unable to do so His health has been bad and has not been able to get such employment as he could work at to make more than a bare support and he has no friends or relations who are able to pay the fine and if it is attempted ^to collect it^ which is now being done he will be compelled to go to jail and there remain and result in his death in his present state of health Your Petitioner states that on one occasion he did at the instance of a few acquaintenances deal a few hans of faro for their amusement Not being a common gambler nor dealing faro before nor since but only on this single occasion and Your Petitioner having already paid all he has for his unfortunate fault pray Your Excellency's executive clemency and a remission

of the fine

Sworn to before me by John St ClairDecember 8 1863

John. S. S^tClair

Sworn to before me by John St Clair December 8 1863

F. B. Merimee Clk M Cir Ct
O Ames
J G Campbell
C, S, Stoy
J M Cardwell
J Edmonds
T. E. England
J H Sanders
A, S, Wade
D W Phillips
John Severance
A. Corley
C, Beeler
Len Edelen

Marion Cir Ct
vs
John St Clair
$500 —
Gaming
Remt^d18^th Dec/ 63

Remit all except fees & costs by hand to Ben Spalding senator

Tho E Bramlette