Pendleton County-Kentucky Nov^r 23^rd 1864,
To His Excellency
Tho E Bramlett, Gov^r of Ky.

The undersigned ThoJerry Sheehon would respectfully represent: That he is a resident of the County aforesaid, a foreigner, and an Irishman by birth and little acquainted with the habits, and less with the laws and judicial proceedings of this, his adopted country. That he is poor and straitened, very much so, in his circumstances, with a family, a wife and three infant childen wholly dependent upon his daily manual labour, for support and maintenance, without, as yet, permanent home or abiding place —

That in March last, a difference happened between his wife and neighbour, John Jacobs and which drew him into a neighbourhood quarrel with said Jacobs: That said Jacob, saw fit, in a heated moment, to take out a peace Warrant against him — That upon the parties appearing before F F Wallace a justice of the peace, he entered into a recognizance, willingly, to keep the peace and to appear before the next ensuing April Term of the Pendleton Circuit Court, And after having entered into said recognisance of $40. and the parties being present, under the admonitions and advise of said justice, they, mutually settled their quarrel, and restored their former amicable relations of friendship and neighbourhood: And thereupon the justice informed them, distinctly, that the Warrant and recognisance would not be returned to the Circuit Court, and that the parties might return

home in peace — Nevertheless the justice, for reasons unknown to him, returned the Warrant and recognisance: to the Court, and he relying upon the information of the justice, that the whole matter was ended before the justice, did not attend the Circuit Court and the Court in his absence, for nonattendance ^thus produced^ forfeited the recognisance and at the October term last, a judgment in favour of the Commonwealth was entered against him for the $40-and the costs of the proceedings. Margaret March his surity, by reason of being a married woman at the time of executing as surity the recognisance, was exhonerated from liability — The clemency of your Excellency is invoked and remission of the judgment is prayed for —

[...]Jerry ^his X mark^ Sheehon

Attest

S T HauserCty Judge

Pendleton County
Kentucky

Subscribed and sworn to by [...] Jerry Sheehon before me this 3^rd day of December 1864

S. Tho. Hauser Cty Judge

The undersigned citizens of Pendleton County, unite with the petitioner in asking a remission of the Judgment aforenamed against him — he a peaceable & well disposed citizen

S. Tho. Hauser Cty Judge

C, A, Wandelohr C C Clk

Jno E Records County Atty

Henry, D, Hauser Cty Ct Clerk
F,, F Wallace J P P C