To His Excelency Gov. Bramlette

Your Petitioner A. Smith would respectfully represent that at the last July term of the Equity & criminal court in Warren County he was fined ^Sixty dollars^ on an Indictment for Retailing Spirrits without a licens your petitioner pleads guilty to the charge but the offince was committed during the time of the Rebelion & while Kentucky was over run by rebels — your petitioner was and is a verry poor man with a family of Small children and felt he was forced to do Some thing to make Some money and did Buy a Jug of Whiskey & take it to a public Sale a retail it under the advice of Some friends & neighbors Sober good citizens your petitioner further states he has never made a practice of pedling Spiritous Liquors and never intends to is in favor of the enforcement of the laws — the restorative of the union under the constitution and will go and Sin no more. and would pray your Excelency to remit the fine and will Ever pray

Allen A Smith

{Revenue Stamp}

Sworn to by Allen Smith before the undersigned this the 1" day of October 1864

H Y Gardner J P W C

The undersigned Loyal Citizens of Warren County would Represent that they are well acquainted with the within named A. Smith the petitioner and know him to be a know him to be a verry poor man a Steady good citizen not given to violating the laws — and would most respectfully present his case as one worthy Executive clemency and ever pray

October 1" 1864

Names
S H [Glen]
T, W, Ewing
Wm, M Arnold
J, H, Ewing
Jas, H, Ewing
J, W, Cole
John Brite
Samel Witherspoon
F,, T,, Sears
S W Burton
W^m H H Burton
A [N] Roberts

Warren Equity & Crim Ct
vs
A. Smith
$60.
Tipling
Remitted
7^th Jany/65