Mr Campbell Dear Sir

In compliance with your request,, I will say that the judgt I obtained against you in the Owen Circutt Court in favor of the Comth, was a very hard case on you, and I always thought that the fine should be remitted I recollect the facts perfectly and they are about these, there was but one witness to the offense shooting with the intent to kill and wound without wounding, and that was the man who said he was shot at, and his story of the affair was not a very probabal one, there was proof of a previous difficulty. the aggression was then made by the com'lths witness in your case, he was proven to be a large stout quarrelsom and aggressive man, while you were small and delicate [...] feeble, in comparison with him. and peaceable and law abiding as it appeared from the evidence, in view of these facts, and the further fact that you utterly denied even having attacked the witness, and the fact that he admitted feeling bitter and hostile to you and there was no corroborating evidence that you had attacked him, I will cheerfully sign a petition to the gov'r to remit your fine, or you may hand to him with your petition this letter

Respectfully your friend
P. U. Major
Guardian Com'lths Atty of the 8th dist —