Metcalfe County State of Kentucky
To his Excellency the Gov of Kentucky.

The undersigned citizens of Metcalfe County would most respectfully represent unto your Excellency that some time in the year 1863 Joseph T Whitlow then a citizen of said county assaulted one Willis Wood of said County & a commonwealths warrant was sued out against said Whitlow & he was arrested and tried by a Jury before C C Harvey a Justice of the peace for said county & fined the sum of fifteen dollars ^& 75 cts^ — that afterwards the said Whitlow was indicted for the same offense & afterwards was arrested on a [...]Bench Warrant and gave Bond in the sum of one hundred dollars for his ^appearance^ at the regular June term 1864 of the Metcalfe circuit Court, the Judge of said court, in the mean time, however, ordered & called a court to commence in May 1864 & only one week prior to the said June term of said court for the trial of Equity & criminal causes & said called term of said Court was held — that the said case of the Commonwealth v Whitlow for assault upon said Wood in his absence & without his Knowledge was called for trial ^at said called term of said Court^ & his said Bond was forfeited & the case was tried & the Jury returned a verdict of fifty dollars v said Whitlow; that afterwards, the records of the Metcalfe Circuit Court were destroyed by fire & a Judgment having been previously rendered, upon summons executed, against said

Whitlow for the sum of one hundred dollars, the amount of said Bond, a notice was given him to reenter said Judgment for $100 — & at the June term 1865 of said Court said Judgment was reeentered as appears by a copy of the record herewith filed & refered to — They state that said Whitlow has a wife & children & is in moderate circumstances. They do not believe that the ends of Justice require that said Whitlow should be subjected to such illegal & unnecessary punishment They further represent that they are advised that your Excellency upon proper application has remitted so much of said fifty dollars fine as your Excellency had power to remit & as the Justice of this application to the Clemency of your Excellency has equal merit to recommend it they pray your Excellency to remit so much of said one hundred dollars ^Judgment^ fine as to your Excelllency may seem right under the extraordinary circumstances of the case & as in duty bound will ever pray —