To His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky —

We the undersigned petitioners would respectfully represent that our County man James. B. Lee was found guilty under an Indictment at the Equity & Criminal Court of Warren County at its August Term 1863, of the offense of permitting Spiritous Liquors on his premises ^to be sold^ and a fine assessed against him in the sum of $60 —

The fine assessed against him is not contrary to the cause of the Law, under the facts in the his case but as we believe that when the resulting concequences, in enforcing this penalty, upon M^r Lee in this case, is presented to your Excellency, that the executive clemency will be extended to him — The principal fact in his case is about this: — There was a large gathering at spring near his house for the purpose of having a Barbacue & a Union meeting, while M^r Lee was rejoicing with his friends, others were selling Liquir — at his house — we do not believe that M^r Lee was engaged in or had any thing to do with the selling

M^r Lee is a poor man with a large family — and, physically a cripple and is a Law abiding citizen. If the fine is enforced upon him. the result will be hard upon him & his family. In All obedience we ask that your Excellency pardon him of this fine

Very Respectfully
signed
H W Goode
Joseph Miller
Jacob Miller
B F harrison
James Miller

C H Crabb
Isaac miller
Wm H Jones
A C Floyd
William H Miller
James T Graham
N C young
W Brutcher
W E Floyd
W T Watt
J. L. Watt
A. D. Roberts
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C H Lewis
James A Jones
N W. M. Lewis
John G Lewis
F E Lewis
W T Davis

WmH Jones