To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of theCommonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner George H Milliken would respectfully represent that at the present December term 1864 of the Simpson Circuit Courta Judgement has been rendered agst him by Confession to said Commonwealth for Five Hundred Dollars, for issuing a marriage license prohibited by Law Your Petitioner is the Clerk of the Simpson County Court. That some time last Spring a man named Douthett applied to him at his office for a marriage License — stating that the woman he was about to marry had seperated from her former husband and ^and had been seperated for about five years. and^ had brought suit agst him for a Divorce

Petitioner advised him to wait until the Divorce was granted. Douthett [assentd] & went away Some time after this he again applied to Peti^r for License and he ignorant that any penalty attached to him even tho the Lady whom sd Douthett proposed to marry had not been divorced, ignorantly issued the License — For this he has been indicted — He made no defence, the facts being as stated & the aforsd Judgt was rendered agst him — He declares he committed the foregiong impropriety alone from ignorance of his duty & the law in the premises and from no hope promise or agreement of reward therefor other than the legal fee for issuing license &c

He therefore earnestly prays Yr Ex^cy to remit to him the fine & Judgt aforsaid — as he is very poorly able to pay the same, if it were even proper to enforce it

And as in duty &c
Geo H Millikin

We the undersigned unite & concur with George H Milliken in the foregoing petition

A W Graham

Wm V. Loving

W L Underwood
John A. Finn
C, W, Milliken
R J Smith
Wm W Bush
J, R, Underwood

Simpson Cir Ct
vs
Geo H Milliken
$500 & Offense pardoned
Remit
4^th Jany/65