To His Excellency Gov. Thomas E. Bramlette

Your petitioners Nathan M^cClure States that he was indicted by a Grand jury of Russell county and at the April Term of the Russell Circuit Court 1865. he was fined $100. for Keeping a Tipling house for three months. He states that he obtained from the United States deputy assessor a licence as a distiller to manufacture Whiskey that at the time he applied for said licence he was informed by said assistant assessor that said licence would authorize your petitioner to sell spirits in any quantities. that said he put confidence in what was told him by said assistant ass^r and did sell spirits by the small without thinking that the state laws prohibited the selling of spirits by distillers by the small or less than a quart. for the reason above given your petitioner respectfully asks your excellency to remit said fine and in duty bound will ever pray.

Nathan M^cClure

Sworn to and Subscribed by Nathan M^cClure before me a justice of the peace for Russell County this [...] day of July 1865.

S P Collins J. R. C J. P. R. C

We the undersigned join in the prayer forthe of the petitioners Nathan M^cClure for the remission of the above named fine.

Sent for fee
25 July