To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Governer of the commonwealth of Kentucky

your Petitioner Jacob Parton would respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the April Term of the Knox Circuit Court ^1865^ He was Indicted for keeping a Tipling House and at the September Term of said Court 1865 Judgment went against him for twenty dollars being guilty of retailing in contemplation of law He States that the on the Evening before Christmas last He had been off & bought some gin for his own use & was on met on the road by several persons who wanted to buy some of him they proposed to buy a pint & He refused to sell saying he had no right to sell and they concluded to buy a half gallon & made him believe he had a perfect right to sell a half gallon so it was not Drunk upon His premises and believing that he had a right to sell He did sell one Half gallon of gin without profit as a matter of accomodation & not for the purpose of Speculation He says he is not a violater of law that he never before was indicted nor fined for any offense

He says that he is a poor man having a family to Support and is barely able to Support them with all his Earnings The premises considered the prayer of your petitioner is that your remit said fine for which he will ever feel greatful and promisses never more to trouble your Excellency again for remission

Jacob Barton

Jacob Parton Says the Statements in the foregoing Petition are true

Jacob Parton

Sworn to before me by Jacob Parton Sept 12^th 1865

A Tinsley Clk

We believe that Statements of the foregoing Petition & Join in the prayer thereof

I would be Glad you would remit the foregoing fine Respectfully