To his Excellency Gov Bramlett

Your petitioner states that he was at the Oct term of this court for Grant Circuit Court for 1864 fined Fifty — — — — — — — — dollars for gambling That he made no defence and did not intend to make any but that his attorney contrary to his instruction put in a plea of not guilty That petitioner had no witness and the Jury found him guilty and assessed his fine as afs^d.

That others who played in the same game were only fined $20 that your petitioner is a poor man has a family That he is an honest hard working man and the payment of thise fine will be an extreme hardship upon him He therefore prays Your Excellency to remit so much of the fine as you have the power to remit and by so doing you will relieve your petitioner of a hardship and enable him the more easily to supply his family with the ordinary comforts of life.

C J ^his X mark^ Lichurst
Oct 27^th 1864
attest J M. Collins

The undersigned represent that the statements contained in the above petition are true

Remit

Grant Cir Ct
vs
C. L. Lichurst
$50
Gaming
Remit
19^th Nov/64