Carter County Ky

Whereas Hzekiah Hall a citizen of Said County Was Fined for a Beach of the Pease Before Isaac Burton a justice of the Pease for Said County The Sum of $15 50 cts Said breach was Committeed on The 7 Day of August 1865 at the Election Now the Circumstances and are Thus there Was a fuss Began with Said Hzekiah Hall Brother and Said mane Drawn a Revolvir on Hezekiah and Brother and Hezekiah Beaing in Host of thisa Passion Broke the Peace a Trying to Defend His Brother from Beaing Shot young Hall has Served Three Years in the union army and has his Honarabele Discharge and it is the first Breach he ever was Charged with: and Made a Good Soldier [...] therefore we Under Signed petitioners petiton your Excellency to Extend your Clemency to wards Said Hall By Remitting the Said Fine he is a young man in Laboring circumstances and Since he was mustred out of the Servace he has to Labor for his Suport and for Such releaf we Shall Ever Pray