Barren Equity & Criminal Court
The Commonwealth of Ky Plff
against } Amded Pet
John W Houze &c. Defts

The defendants John W Houze and Marion Larrison by Way of amendment to their Petition fild herein State that they belonged to the 41" Reg 2d Indiana Caverly as Stated in thier original answer — That at the time that the forces at Hartsville Tenn was attacked & the larger portion of them captured by Rebel forcesthe Reg to which defendants belonged being a porition of the forces & larger portion of D Regiment being Captured by sd Rebels it being a Short time before they were imprisoned the defendants were Cut off from their command That upon returning home as Stated in their original Petition the provost marshall of the district in Which they lived towit Col Harris Kerny required them to report to him at Veva I.A. & refused to— suffer them to attend said Court & refused them permission to go to any place except to return to the army— That the defendants Marion Larrison was at the time of said Court & for some time before sick with a disiase to which he is subject towit Sick Stomach & head ache with vomiting & General disibility confining him for Two or Three weeks & was was at that time to ill to leave his home or Travel

& could not get to ^S^d^ Court

That through the interposition of the Father of the Defendant Hauze the provost marshall aforesaid was prevaild upon to let said defendant remain at home a Short time by his defendant being ready at all times to report at Veva I.A. Where he had been arrested and sent to his Regiment July 1863[...] That at the time said Court was held & the order forfeiting said bond made, on account of the defendant, Soldiers and in the Service of the Military authorities by reason of the restrictions thrown around them by said authorities it was uterly impossible for them to appear in Said Court

That they could not pass out of their State or County without a pass from said Provost Marshall or Some Military Commander

That they could not obtain such pass & it was impossible for them to attend

That they are now and have been Since July last in the active Service in the army

Wherefore they pray as in their original Petition

Jones & McQuown for Defts

State of Kentucky Barren County

Micheal Houze & George Larrison says they are agents for the Defendants who are

absent from this County & state & that they beliave the Statements made in the foregoing answer are true

George Larrison
Micheal Houze

Sworn to before me by George Larrison and Micheal Houze Dec 11^th 1863

T H M Winn D, C,
A Copy Attest
W L Porterclk

Houze & Larrison
Ans^d Answer