His Excellency. Gov. Bramlette

Your Petitionir William Ellison respictfully states that at the present August Term of the Whitly Circuit Court 1864 he was fined $20. upon an Indictment for a violation of an Act entitled, "an act to amend Chapter 99 of the Revised Statutes, title "Taverns Tipling Houses &" approved Feby 21 1863. He states that James Cultrich his partner had a license to keep a Tavern, and your petitioner was employed about the taven in vending vintuous liquors, with out taking the oath, required by the act afs^d, not knowing that the law required him to do so, & not knowing of the existence of the law, as the laws had not been distributed to whitly County at the time refered to in the Indictmnt — It was a sacrifice On him to do a thing that he did not know he ought to do, he says that no possible injury has resulted from the [...] he prays that the fine be remitt[...]

Ellison

Sworn to before [...] day of august 1864 by Wiliam Ellison

Tyrel Foley Clerk

Whitley Cir Ct
vs
Wm Ellison
$20 —
Remit
8^th Sept /[...]

Williamsburg
Aug 29th
Govr Bramlet
Dear Sir

I hope that you remit this fine

your friend
Granville Pearl
H F Finley