His Excellency Gov. Bramlette

Your Petitioner T. J Johnson Says that he was fined $60 — for keeping a Tipling house, by the Laurel Circuit Court, at its present August Term. He says that he plead guilty, But he says that he believed at the time he was not violating the law, but that he had a right to sell spirits — He says that he had procured a Licinse from the General Government to distill spirits, and he believed that he had a right by virtue of said licence to sell the same in any quantity he thought proper, if he had not been so informed, and if he had not so believed he should not have sold the spirits for which he was indicted & fined — He says that he is poor, and the fine & costs will be very oppressive on him, he therefore prays that the said fine be remitted

T. J Johnson

Sworn to before me by T. J Johnson this 20. Augt 1864

C B Faris clk

We believe the statemts in the foregoing petition are true & that the fine ought to be remitted

W H Randall
C B Faris

London
Aug 20^th 1864
Gov Bramlet

Dear sir this fine ought to be remited according to my opinion I hope that you will remit the same your friend Truly

Granville Pearl

Laurel Cir Ct
vs
T. J. Johnson
Remit
$60.
Tipling House
23^d Aug/64