To the excelence of the goveorner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your petitioner wold Represent that at the August Term of the Whitley Circuit Court that the grand jury of Whitley County found an inditement against your petitioner for keeping a tipting house and that at the present March Terme of the Whitley Circuit Court that he your petitioner came in to court and plead gitly and the law and facts was submited to the Court and that the court Rendered Judgement against him for Sixty dollars your petitioner states that he had obtained a tavern licen previous to that time and the owing to the Rebles Raids in to this Country that your petitioner forgot that his had licen had expired he states that his licens was out but a short time till he found his licens was out and that his petitioners went and Renewed his lisan and the selling was between the time of the expiration of the licens and the time he Renewed the same he states that he did not know that the licens was out and that your petitioner had no notion of violating the law that he in good faith had thought that he had licens and acted in good faith he prays that your Excelence Remit the fine and Set the Judgement a side and for all Proper Releafe

James Culberth

Sworn to before me by James Culberth this 6^th day of April 1864

J C. Watkins clk

The under signed say that they beleave that it wold be an act of charity to Remit the fine and [...]

Williamsburg 1864
Whitley County April 6^th
Gov Bramblett

Dear Sir I know James Culberth well he is a good citizen and I am satisfied that he did not intentionally violate the law I hope that you will remit the fine

Your friend truly
Granville Pearl
H F Finley
R. Boyd
J L M^cCarty S.W.C.
H. L. Tye

Whitley Cir Ct
vs
Jas Culbreth
Tipling
$60