To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Esq

Govr of Kentucky. The undersigned your petitioner would respectfully represent that he is a citizen of Magoffin, and has ever so been, that he is a poor man, with a considerable family upon his hands to support. That in the summer of 1862 he was unfortunately caught in bad company and was more unfortunately forced into a riot, of a very frivolous nature no one being hurt, in the affair He was afterwards arrested under a warrant for committing a breach of the peace, and under said warrant was tried and found guilty and fined $9.50 in the Court of John Patrick Esq Justice of the peace of Magoffin County,

Your petitioner states that at the same time, and feelings growing out of the before named riot he was arrested (through malignity,) for the offense of Adultery and fined $20. in the said court of John Patrick Esq Justice of the peace for Magoffin County. Wherefore he prays that your Excellency will remit the above fines and relieve a poor Sickly man of such an unjust burden — as the payment of the above fines which he is unable to pay without depriving an innocent female, his wife and Several small children, of the real necessaries of life your petitioner promises to avoid such bad company as above spoken of and in the future to be in such a condition as not to be able under the necessity of asking for Executive Clemency.

Your Servant
Mason Gullett

We the undersigned Citizens of Magoffin county and acquaintances of Mason Gaullitt

Join in the foregoing petition with Mr Gullett and ask for the remission of the above fines as asked by him Feby 20^th 1865.

Justice Peace
Magoffin Co
vs

Mason Gulletts
Petition

$9.50, & $20.
Remitted
30^th May 1865

D. D. Secklett
Salyersville
Ky.