To his Excellency Gov^r Bramlette

A fine was imposed at October term 1863, by the Mason Circuit Court on Worsham P. Clayton for $300, charged with a breach of his bond as a tavern keeper, which consisted in his permitting unlawful gaming in his tavern.

M^r Clayton is an old man, in very limitted circumstances, with a wife and large family of children to support. He is unable to maintain his family by manual labor.

We are no apologists of the offence for which M^r Clayton was fined, and would not trouble your Excellency about the matter if M^r Clayton was able to pay the fine without greatly distressing his family.

We hope that your Excellency, in view of M^r Claytons pecuniary condition, & his inability to labor for a Subsistence, will remit this fine- if not the whole of it- as much as you consistently can. April 5^th 1864

Mason Cir Ct
vs

Remit except fees & costs
Thos E Bramlette
Govr

W. P. Clayton
$300 —
breach tav bond
12^th Apl/64