To tHis Excellency Thomas E Bramlette The Governor of the State of Kentucky

The petitioner Susan Barr, most humbly represents to your Excellency: That at the March Term of the city Court of Louisville she was fined the sum of $50:00 and costs on a charge of Keeping a Disorderly house: She states that being in very bad health she was unable to get to the Court House to defend the case: and the Jury found her guilty: having heard only one side of the matter: Your Petitioner states she is a widow with a large family of little children and that it is with great difficulty that she can live and support them that her health has been very bad for a long time, and is at this time very feeble, and she lives and moves in the best way she can to keep herself and little children from starvation: she states that she is wholly unable to pay the above fine: and She is told that She must pay it or go to the city work-house This would leave her children utterly unprotected. and scatter them in every direction, which your petitioner submits would be very cruel: Wherefore she humbly prays your Excellency to remit the

Fine to her, in your Executive clemency and she will ever pray

Susan Barr

State of Kentucky
Jefferson Circuit Sct

The petitioner Susan Barr on Oath states that the above petition is true

{Revenue Stamp}S M April 13 1865

Susan ^her X mark^ Barr

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13^th day of April 1865

Saml Matlock J. P. J. C

City of Louisville
Jefferson co
Petition for Mrs Susan Barr
$50