To his Excellency
Tho^s E Bramlette Gov of Ky

Your petitioner Tho^s Long would respectfully state to your Excellency that he became bound to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of one hundred dollars that one G. W. Shyrock would appear and answer an indictment found against him in the Henderson Circuit Court for Keeping a gaming house and not depart without leave of the Court, that upon the day fixed in said bond he in conjunction with one Lewis Hope who had executed a similar bond, brought into Court the said Shyrock, where he plead to an indictment charging the same offence, and which your petitioner thought was the indictment, to secure an answer or plea to by said Shyrock he had executed the bond refered to above when in fact there were two indictments charging the Same offence and to the record of which indictments he did not plead, and judgement against him by default, that a summons issued against Your petitioner to show cause why judgement should not be rendered against him because said Shyrock did surrender himself in satisfaction of the judgement, that upon said summons a judgement was rendered against him at the present June Term of the Henderson Circuit Court, in favor of the Commonwealth of Ky, for the amount of said bond, Your petitioner would further state to your Excellency that he was ignorant of the fact that there were two indictments against shaid shyrock and thought the he plead to the indictment to secure a plea to which he executed the bond & believed that when he had so plead that this petitioner was discharged and that Shyrock was then in custody of the Court, and in consideration of the premises he would pray the Excellency to remit said judgement or so much thereof as you legally may and he will ever

Tho^s R. Long

pray &c

We the undersigned members of the bar and Citizens of Henderson County would respectfully state to your Excellency that we believe the above statements of Tho^s Long are true that he is a man of very limited means a good Citizen and that the Circumstances of the case would justify your Excellency in the exercise of the Executive Clemency in the fullest extent.

Tho^s Long