To His Excellency the Governor of Ky,,-

Your petitioner David Adkins would Respectfully Represent that at the [...] Term of the Whitley Circuit Court He was presented and indicted by the Grand Jury upon the testimony of one Singleton Siler for Keeping a tipling House and was fined at the Subsequent Term of Said Court $60. for said offense which fine still stands against your Petitioner and is now saught to be collected now your petitioner states upon oath that He was not guilty of the offense charged and that Said Siler who proved the same was a man of bad Character & no maral worth & has since fled from this Commonwealth He further states that haveing been greatly harrassed by th and injured by the Rebels and being in debt to some extent He cannot pay said fine without detriment to His Family He therefore asks your Excellency to remit said fine all of which is Respectfully Submitted

David Adkins

Sworn to before me by David Adkins this 4^th of March 1864

J. C. Watkins Clk

We the undersigned Relying upon the veracity of the Petitioner David Adkins Respectfully asks your Excellency to Remit said fine

W H Wilson
G. W, Little
J C Watkins Clk

J. S M^cCarty S W. C

I know the facts in this case & heard the testimony & I am satisfied that your Excellency ought to remit the fine

W L Cook

Whitley Cir Ct
David Adkins
Tipling
$60