To His Excellency Governor Bramlett. The undersigned would respectfully represent that at the April Term 1865 of the Lawrence Circuit Court a judgment was rendered against Saml Short in the Lawrence Circuit Court for Two hundred dollars for permitting gaming upon his premises The facts wer these, The said Short had rented a house in the Town of Louisa for the purpose of Keeping a grocery store there was two rooms in the house only one of which the said Short occupied the other he had rented to a man by the name of Martin and Martin had permitted the gaming in the room without the Consent of Short, Martin was the only man by whom Short could prove the renting of the room and he had left the country other witnesses proved however in the trial of the men for playing there that Martin had permitted them to play, believing that Short was not guilty we ask your excellency to remitt thee fine assessed against him

J. D. James
John M Burns
J. Bartrum
John M Rice

I have been assured & believe that Martin would have proved as stated in the petition, could it have been possible for Short to have had him present, for which reason I sign this petition

J. S. Dury
Com^th Atty.

Lawrence Cir Ct
vs
Saml Short
$200,

Remit
31^st May/65