Horse Cave Ky May 26^th 1865
To His Excellency
Thomas E Bramlette,
Governor State of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully represent unto your Excellency; that at the August Term 1864 of the Barren Circuit Court, one Patrick Robinson, a priv of Co H. 11^th Regt Ky vols Infty. was sentenced to the Penitentiary of the state for the term of four Years, on the charge of shooting with intent to kill one W S. Painter a citizen of Barren County Ky,

The facts in relation thereto as near as Your petitioners are able to state them are as follows Said Patrick Robinson, was a deserter from the Rebel army, He returned home to Barren County from Said rebel army, when said W S Pointer, being a rebel, tried to have Robinson arrested and carried back to the rebel army, and thereupon a dificulty ensued between the parties,

In the mean time Robinson joined the 11^th Ky cavalry, Federal — and Served as a good and faithful soldier for a term of eighteen (18) months, when he came home on a furlough, when the old difficulty was resumed, when the shooting and wounding occurd on account of which Said Robinson was

convicted and sentenced as aforesaid — Now we your petitioners would respectfully represent, That if said Robinson were guilty of said crime — He was driven to it by the most aggravating circumstances, an effort being made to force him back into the rebel service, — from which he had deserted and out of the Federal service. into which he had gone immediately upon his return home — and in which he faithfully served as a good soldier up to the time of his arrest by the civil authorities, that he was tried in a county where a very strong, and almost overwhelming rebel element prevails — and all the circumstances of this case being considered we would beg leave to recommend hism to your Executive clemency and ask that if consistent with the facts herein justify the same. he be pardoned — and allowed to return home to assist in the support of his aged & destitute parents and as in duty bound will ever pray &c

Green. M. C. Self Late Lieut 9th Ky Cav
M. Ellinger
D. S. Fourshee
Sylvanus Wilson Hospt Stwd 33 Ky
John W Tharp Costable of Hart Co Ky
Jas. W. Bryan.
S. C. Lafferty
Robert. Moore Late Scout U S T —

Barren Ct Ct
vs
P. Robinson