To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett Gov of Ky Your petitioner Eligah Gregory would most respectfully represent that at the April Term 1862 of the Knox Circuit Court he was indicted for the offence of Keeping a Tipling House & at the April Term 1865 of said court, he appeared in open court, & under direction of his atty "Plead Guilty" of the offence of Retailing and a fine assessed against him of $20, he says that the matter had been pending for some time & rather that attend court from time to time he thought best to plead guilty & ask the intervetion of your Excellency He says that he was not guilty & the Commonths never could have proved it. He says he is a poor man with a large family to support. He says that it will be a great hardship to him to have said fine to pay. He says that money is very scarce & hard to get in fact he cant get any and his proprty will have to sell at a sacrifice He ask the intervention of your Executive clemency in his behalf & he ask a remission of the fine,

Eligah Gregory

We the undersigned citizens of Knox Co Ky would respectfully request your Excellency to remit the fine against Mr Gregory

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Gov Thomas E Bramlett
Frankfort
Kentucky

Knox Cir Ct
vs
E Gregory
sent fee back
9^th Sept to N P.
Stuckley

Refused
return his $2 —