To his excellency Thomas E Bramlette

Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky — your petitioner — Wⁱlliam Runyons — says that at the Last ^May^ Term of the Boyd Circuit Court he was fined twenty dollars for retailing Liquor he says that said judgment was taken without hearing the evidence — he says the offence was charged to have been committed the 1^st day of Jany. 1861 He says that he is now fifty five years old — and never in his life had a Law suit — and never sold one drop of Liquor contrary to the Laws of the country — he says upon the accasion charged he had a little spirits in his House not for sale — he let a man have for his wife who was sick — he says for that he never charged or received one cent he askes a remission of the said fine so unjustly imposed

William Runyon

June 4^th 1864

Sworn to before me by W^m Runyon this 4^th day of June 1864 —
Richard Scott J P B C

We the undersign petitioners say that W^m Runyons is worthy of credit on oath — he is poor with but one Eye a labouring man — &and believe that the fine referred to in his petition should be remitted

Boyd Circuit Court
vs
W^m Runions

Tipling
$20 —

Remit
12^th July/64

I Inglebert Hartsock — state that I was present at the time the Liquor was obtained for which the inditement was made against W^m Runyon — and state that the Liquor was got as states by M^r David Morgan for his wife who he stated was sick — and said Runyon refused to have the pay and no money was paid then — the Luquor was taken off without being drank

This 6^th June 1864
Inglebert Hartsock

sworn to before me by Inglebert Hartsock this 6^th June 1864
Richard Scott J. P. B. C

Post office — Catlettsburg Boyd County
Kentucky —