To the Hon Thomas E Bramlette Governor of Ky

Your petitioners Leneord C Anderson and William Jennings both citizens of Mason County Ky. respectfully represent that for nearly a year past they have been [...]carrying on business in partnership in said county, and were all the time regularly licensed "coffee house" keepers — At the last October term of the Mason Circuit Court they were indicted by the "GrandJury" for selling liquor to three "minors", and on learning the fact they appeared before the Circuit Court at the same term, and plead guilty, and a fine was assessed against each of your petioners of $50 — and the costs — They now respectfully ask your Excellency to remit said fine for the following reasons, To wit

Said Minors for whome your petitioners were indicted for selling liquor to were all young men near their majority, and in appearance seemed to be really young men of full age, and as the parents of these young men had given a general verbal permission to all the barkeepers of the neighbourhood to sell their sons liquor when called for by them — Your petitioners thought they were doing ^no^ wrong in this case, and in fact only committed the error of omitting to require of each of the young men a written order from their parents as the strict letter of the law requires — We hope your Excellency will see that we did not designedly break the laws, and that our only wrong was in taking a verbal permission to sell liquor to these young men, and

we therefore most respectfully ask your Excellency to relieve us by remitting said fines as far as you have the power to do so

Oct 31 1865

Leonard C. Anderson
W^m Jennings

The undersigned Citizens of Mason Count Ky would respectfully state that they are neighbors of the above named petitioners — that they believe the statements in the foregoing petition are substantially true and they unite with said petioners in their prayer for a remission of the above named fines

Oct 31 1865