Covington Mch 30 1864
His Excellency
Gov Thos E Bramlette
Frankfort Ky
Sir

At the December Term of the Kenton Circuit Court two inditments against George Oakes were tried and and he found guilty and fined by a jury in one case $60 and the other $200 One of the indictments was for Keeping a tippling house and the other was for suffering gaming- The proof in the first case was that defd had a little Shanty and was cutting wood and selling it &c

and that he had sold whiskey twice and suffered it to be drunk on the premises In the second case the proof was that a party of men had played poker in the Cabin in the woods of Oakes for five cents ante. The Defendant is a very poor & ^ignorant^ man and unable to pay this fine- indeed he cannot pay- If he pays the Costs it will be as much as I think he can do I have written this at the request Messrs Hamilton & Carlisle who have taken some interest in this man- On a/c of the extreme poverty of the defendant I think this a proper case for executive interposition

and mercy

Very truly your
obt Servt
R B Carpenter
Comths Atty