To his excellency
Thomas E Bramlette
Governer of Kentucky

Your Petitioner John C Bolin would respectfully state that at the October term of the Russell circuit court 1865 He was indicted for perjury — He Says that facts in relation to case are these your Petitioner was in Jamestown and had drunk too much Liquor — while in this fix at [Lucases] tavern as your Petitioner believed and still believes he was attacked by one Willliam C Hay and considerably beat and in the fight your Petitioner lost Some Money and had Hay arrested for taking it and was a witness on the examining trial before Judge Collins who sent Hay on to further trial — but at circuit court the case was dismissed against Hay and Your petitioner indicted for perjury and the prejudices against your petitioner are such that he had to remove the case to Casey County [where] it is now pending — your petitioner says that because of his active defence of the union party there is such a prejudice against him that it is putting him to considerable troble

Wherefore he prays for executive clemency and asks that the offence be pardoned

John ,C, Bolin

We the undersigned believe that this a case proper for executive Clemency and therefore concur in the petition