To his Excellency Thomas E. Bramlette Governor of the state of Kentucky; Your petitioner Frederick Ampher respectfully states that at the November Term 1863 of the Campbell Circuit Court true bills were found against him, charging him with the offense of selling liquor to minors in four different cases; that at the same term he at once promptly went to R. B. Carpenter Esq^r. the attorney for the Commonwealth and informed him that he was about to pay a visit to his former home in Germany and would be absent at the next Term of the Court in May and requested a continuance of the cases until he should return from Germany; M^r Carpenter consented and it was agreed that the cases should be continued accordingly; When the May Term came and Your petitioner was still absent in Germany and M^r Carpenter was absent from Court & the cases being called & no defense being made by Deft judgement was rendered agst. your petitioner fineing him fifty dollars in each case & costs — Now Your petitioner says that he could have successfully defended all of said Cases had he have had an opportunity to make defense and could well show that the prosecutions were groundless and were instigated by malice in each instance — Your petitioner therefore respectfully asks the Governor to remit the said fines and judgements=

Dec^r 1. 1864. Frederick Ampfer

Sworn to before me by Frederick Ampher this 1. day of Dec^r 1864
Benj. Beall clk

We the undersigned jurors who tried the indictments agst. Fred. Ampher referred to in his above petition and believe the statements in his petition are true; he is a gentleman of truth and is a good peaceable and well behaved citizen & we cheerfully unite in the foregoing petition:

S. W. Carmack of the Jury
Luther Dayton
John Kinney
John. W. Stevens
John H Byd
John S M Gruder
Tho^s. J. Daniel
Wm Wright
Wm C. Byrd
WilliamLees
John H Smith
Jacob Carmack

Thomas Jones Deuputy Clk circuit court
Benj. Beall Clk. Circuit Court
John H Nelson atty
Timothy M^cDaniel
James H Scott
John Henderson
J. H. Dorr
John F Traver Justice Peace
W^m Dones
Joseph Horsfull

I know Mr Amphler for many years past and have always considered him a good Citizen and an honorable upright man, I was prosecuting atty at the term of the Circuit Court, at which the above mentioned fines were assessed gainst him. I would recommend him to the Executive clemency

Geo R Pearons

Campbell Cir Ct
vs
F Ampher
Remitted
4 judgts $50. each
24^th Jany/65