To his Excellency Tho^s E. Bramblet
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would Respectfully Represent that at the March Term of the Nicholas Circuit Court 1859 three fines were entered against him. Each of which he replevied during the Term & now Executions have issued on the Bond & the Sheriff will coerce the pay ment unless your Excellency will interfere —

One fine was for $24.24 including costs — one $23.05 including Costs & one 26.37 including Costs as shown by the last Execution issued thereon —

One fine was for the alledged offence of Gambling — One for inducing a witness to leave Court as alledged & one for failing to attend as a witness in another Case after being attached —

The first charge as well as the 2^d was not true — The third was true

He states that ^he^ was a Constable and absent from Court on business having forgotten the Cases above named and in his absence the Cases were tried & by reason of absence the trials terminated unfavourable —

He says he is a poor man & the payment would embarass him — He has a large family to support from his wages now in the Federal Army 40^th Ky. He is now in the service & has been for over a year — He prays that these fines be remitted & will ever pray &^c.

David, Berry

We recommend that the fines named within be remitted. We are citizens of Carlisle & Vicinity & are acquainted with David Berry the Petitioner

Jno A. Campbell clk. co ct.
T. Murphy
Fitch Mungor
A. S. Waugh c. n. c.
W. P. Ross
William. S. Waugh, Liut ^40 Ky^
Hugh M Stitt
John. M. Chevis J. P..
J M Dulles
L. M. Campbell
John. W. Campbell
David Berry applicant is a good man active in the service a gallant soldier — and I know ^from reliableinformation^ that at the trials referrd to he was absent on business Last week he captured four Guirreillas who had murdered ^D^r^ Jeffrey

J. W. Campbell

Remit —

Nicholas Cir Ct
vs
Genl J. C. Davis
David Berry
Remitted
4^th Jany 1865.