Carlisle Oct. 6^th. 1864
To his Excellency
Tho^s. E. Bramblet
Governor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would state that her husband [...] Stoker from April 1862 til April 1863 kept a tavern in Nicholas County under a regular License — She would further state that at the Sept. Term of the Nicholas Circuit Cour 1863 she & her husband were indicted for retailing Liquor by the Small — and at March Court ^1864^ she was found guilty & her husband acquitted & she understands was fined $60. She says one witness proved once selling by her since the License expired but no selling by her husband —

She says she let the witness have the whiskey, but it was not paid for — The witness however said he paid for it & hence the fine — she says they did not sell nor keep whiskey or any liquor for sale after the License expired & this case was the only complaint agt. them —

She says they are poor, that they cannot pay the fine, they have no means with which to pay it — They have a family of 6 children & all depend upon your Petitioner & husband for support

Wherefore she prays the fine to be remitted & will ever pray &c.

Mary Stoker

We are acquainted with the parties some of whom are Neighbors & we recommend that the fine be remitted

Fitch Munger
Jas Kenton
A. W. Bland
Jno A. Campbell
J H Holladay
W. P. Ross
A S. Waugh
Elijah West
J M Dallo
John W. Campbell
J H Barnett
E S Paris
W^m W Howard Clerk N. Cir. Court
A J Kennedy
J, M, Tanner
David Mann

I was attorney for

Nicholas Cir Ct
vs
Mary Stoker
Remitted
18^th Oct/64