To His Excellency
Thos. E. Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

Your Petitioner Edward Mitchell, would respectfully state, that he was convicted at the May Term of the Jefferson Circuit Court for Manslaughter, the verdict of the Jury being two years, (the lowest term)

Your petitioner is not guilty for when he killed deceased he was apprehensive as to his own safety, & had good grounds to believe & did believe, that he was in danger of great bodily harm, even to the loosing of his life. The circumstances of the killing were as follows. On Saturday the first day of April 1865 at & near the polls at which votes were taken for city officers; petitioner was followed around by deceased for a long time & was assaulted by deceased after having received from him a great amount of intolerable abuse. Deceased was a very large & powerful man & [even a] blow from his fists would have been dangerous, Petitioner was at his own poll & was acting the

part of a good citizen when deceased began the assault upon him.

Your petitioner proved a good character for peace by citizens. He served over three years in the 5th Ky Regiment (Known as the Louisville Legion) numbers of the officers of said Reg testified as to his amiable disposition,

Your petitioner respectfully refers your Excellency to the Jurors who tried his case & who unite in a prayer for a pardon, also to the officers of the court & to citizens signers,

Your petitioner respectfully prays your Excellency to grant him a pardon & to restore him to his aged mother, & to society

very Respectfully
Edward Mitchell

We the undersign unite in the prayre of the petitioner

Lee Chambers Clerk in
charge of Court
W C Thomas ast Jailor
John L. Treanor Late Lt. Col. 5^th Ky. Vol. Inft.
Thomas Jeffrey
Thos. J. Frazier

J. W. Knight
W C Tiller Police officer
A C Cross Police officer
J. A. Weatherford Police officer
Jerry Antle Do Do
Wm Cross Do Do
J. F. Hammon Do Do
Allen Kendall Do Do
Henry Ryan Do Do
B. E. Barboe Do Do

The case of the commonwealth against Edward Mitchell was Examined before me & upon the proof I was satisfied that Mitchell acted upon great provocation, but did not think it my province to discharge ^him^ that the letter of the law required that he should be held to answer an Indictment for manslaughter

Geo. W. Johnston
W G Reason
Phil Tomppert Jr
Thos. Forman Police Dept
J B Ehrich, Clk Police Dept
Thomas Jones member of police
J M Shindler Police officer
R. O. Priest Chief of Police
William Hipwell Police officer
John L Mantz Do, Do
Jacob Young Do" Do
Pat Dillon City Marshal
Adolph. M. Metz Police officer
Saml M Risley Do Do
J H Cochran Do Do
Thomas Geraghty Do Do

C Leonard Police officer
John Antle " "
T J McManen " "
Benj Ewing " "
George Snyder " "
John Spalding " "
C. H. Brown " "
John H. Rogers " "
W^m M^cGuire Do Do
David Reily " "
Wm Claton " "
I. G. Enlow " "
J M Vaughn Clk Common Council
James C Gill Coroner J C Ky
Henry Wolford City Treasurer
Thomas. G. Staler Police officer
Will Horan Depty Marshal
W E Curry Police officer
Ross [...] Do Do
J. S. Gallagher Do Do
W K Thomas J J C
John Trayler Do Do
Thomas Antle Do Do
William N Denkhorn Do Do
Joseph Sweeney Do Do
J E Vansant Late capt Co, F, L L 5^th Ky Volt Inft
Burton Farmer Turnkey at Jail
J M Huston capt Co G "Louisville Legion"
Oliver Lucas, Clerk Board of Aldermen
Philip Tomppert Mayor