To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Govr of Kentucky.

Your petitioners John D Hale & William Chambers would respectfully state that at the April Term of the Mercer Circuit Court 1860 a Judgment was rendered against one John Rice a Citizen of Mercer County for the sum of Sixty dollars on a charge of keeping a tipling house in Mercer County. That on the 6^th day of July 1863 an execution issued from the Clerks office of the Mercer Circuit Court clerks office against said John Rice for Sixty dollars and Costs and on the same day said execution was delivered to the sheriff of Mercer County and on the 7th day of July 1863. your petitioners as said John Rices securities repleved the amount of said execution and that said replevin bond is due and execution has issued thereon for the sum of $69.⁷/100 and $50 Costs and in the sheriffs hands for Collection which A Copy of said ^Judgment^ replevin bond and execution is enclosed herewith. your petitioners further state that sence they signed said replevin bond as surities of said John Rice he said John Rice. joined and inlested in the Thirtyfifth ^M.T. inf^ Kentucky regiment and is now has ever sence been in the service of the Unitedstates Army and still is in said service. Your petitioners further State that the said John Rice is a poor man. That they have paid the sheriff and

Clerk their fees and have paid the Commonwealths Attorney his part of said fine of $60.

Your petitioners further state that unless your excellency interposes your executive clemency they will have to pay the balance of said execution as the Sheriff has the same in his hands & called your petitioners to pay The same. Wherefore in Consideration of the premises; your petitioners ask your excellancy to remit So much of said Sixty dollar fine as may belong to and going to the Commonwealth of Kentucky

J D. Hale

John D Hale & William Chambers State that that they believe the statements Contained in the above petition are true

J D. Hale

{Revenue Stamp}

Sworn to before me by John D Hale this 21st day of June 1864

Richard Board clk

we unite with the petitioners to in their prayer to the Govr of Kentucky to have said fine remitted

Mercer Cir Ct
vs
John Rice & other
$60
Tipling
Replevin Bond
Remit^d
6^th Aug/64

Remit