To his Excellency
Tho^s E Bramlett
Govenor of Kentucky
Respected sir

The undersigned Citizens of Ballard and M^cCracken Counties will Respectfully state to your Excellency that Samuel A Miles stands the security for his son William Miles in a bond of ^3^ one thousand Dollars ^Each^ for the appearance of his aforesaid son in the Ballard Circuit Court to answer the charge of Robery in ^3 cases^ and the bonds was taken for forfeited Summons issued and Judgment Rendered against the said Samuel A Miles and your Excellency Respited the same upon petition now on file in your Excellencys office, Your petitioners will further say that the said Samuel A Miles has already paid out to the commonwealths atty and other officers of the court their fees which amounts to nearly one thousand Dollars, and that he is a very old man, and in very limited circumstances with a large family to support, and his Son is now in the 3 Regiment

Illinois Cavelery of united states forces, and as soon as his term of service Expires will return home and stand his trial, under all the circumstances your petitioners therefore Respectfully ac ask your Excellency to interpose and release the old mand Miles of the bonds that he he is security upon, as the amount that he has already paid has taken nearly all that he had from hard labor accumulated to support him in his declining ears

R. P. Stevens
A. N. Holt
J. T. Anderson
J p pool
J. D. Sims
D. Waltman
John W Ogilvie
G F Reesor
John Griffith
B F Bewellen
C pool
Coldwell pool
Ja^s M. Childress
T. H Young
Washington Grant
G W Grant
W N Grant
R. Bowles
W Bowles
J. B.. Ogilvie
N. J Ogilvie
J H Rudolph
E.. B.. Rudolph
John Black
W. Pace
R. M Stevens
F L. Estes.
W. M. Estes

Gov^r. I see a large number of these signers are the best men of Ballard County — Old man Miles is hard run as stated & if the ends of justice can be subserved by releasing his liability so far as you can do it I think every body would be glad — The old man has the Sympathy of the whole country & to enforce full payment will break him up

Yours &c
P D Yeiser

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