Commonwealth of Kentucky
vs } Jefferson Circuit Court Petition to His Excellency Gov Bramlette
Thomas B. Williams A. M^cMann Geo Williams
To his Excellency Thomas E Bramlette
Govenor of Kentucky

Your petitioners would respectfully state that on the 10^th day of[...]T BGeo W Williams was arrested charged with stealing the sum of Fifty dollars from Kate Shaffer and was presented upon said charge before his honor the Judge of the City Court of Louisville and upon said charge was held to bail in the sum of three hundred dollars. and L A Wood an attorney at the Louisvill bar was surety for his apperance at the next term of the Jefferson Circuit Court during said time said Wood surrendered said T B Williams and he gave afterwards as his surety to appear your pettitioners A M^cMann and George Williams said Wood only entered upon the bond of said T B Williams until he could

give your petitioners Geo Williams & M^cMann as surety as heretofore mentioned the next term of the Jefferson Circuit Court yoGeoThomas B Williams did not appear whereupon a forfeiture was had against him and your petitioners. At the October term Cout 1864 the term that said Geo B Williams was to appear, his (Williams) wife was confined to her bed at Emminence Henry Co. Ky at upon the point of death and that she had no one to stay with her at this time but her husband, her precarious condition was of such character that no other but a husband could give her the attention her verry embarrising situation demanded. Being near unto death as afforesaid the dictates of humanity demanded he should remain with his wife who did not recover for sometime after the Jefferson Circuit Court had commenced its work and it was at the worse stage

of his wife's illness that Williams was to appear, said Geo Thos B Williams is a hard working man a (painter by trade) but verry poor and was not pecun able to pay any one to remain with his Wife had be been disposed to leave her to go to Louisville to answer the charge against him. Your petitioners would further state that Geo Tho^s B Williams is inocent of said charge. that he was painting his house of M^rs Smith and while there he in sport took the money of the woman Shaffer whom he knew well that at the time he took said money a witness a M^r Brown was present and Williams told thehim he was taking it to joke her (Kate Shaffer) he afterwards gave her the money and the matter was thought of no more until one Sweaney an enemy of Tom Williams had him arrested. He is now willing to stand his trial and always has been, Your petitioners A M^cMann & Geo Williams and Geo Williams further state that they only were induced to go upon the bond of T B Williams from the fealings of

kindness to him beleiving him inocent of any crime of such a character they did it without reward or the hope of the same All the foregoing statements ^are^ established by the statements of D^rsr Ireland and W K Thorn made upon oath before N W Gould a notary Public for Henry County also the statements of said Tho^s Williams and W P Thorn and the Hon J A Neff Represenetive from Henry Co states that Mr Thorn is Known to him to be an honest and truthful Man (all of which exibits are filed herewith as part hereof Your petitioners A M^cMann and Geo Williams as suretys of GT B Williams willould further state state that they are poor men carring on [...]the wagon making busness at Emmenence and not able to pay so large a sum as Three hundred dollar's. from the foregoing statements they pray your Excellency will remit the penalty against them

Signed
Geo Williams
A M^cMahann

The undersigned unite in the prayer of the foregoing petition —

T B. Cochran
J B Kinkead
Geo. T. Barret

I am, and have for some time been, acquainted with Geo Williams and his son, and can say that they are both worthy of relief in this matter. They are, and have always borne a good character — are hard working, and of limited means, and as the accused is under bonds for his appearance, and his first absence was produced by the extreme illness of his wife, and the illness & death of his child (omitted to be stated in the petition) prevented any response to ^sums on the^ forfeited recognizance, I respectfully urge a favorable consideration of the petition — Mr Williams is an old acquaintedance and a worthy citizen —

Respy
James Harlan Jr
Frankfort Nov 15/65

The Petition states only a forfeiture of the bond It does not appear that there has been any judgment rendered thereon. The court would set aside a forfeiture upon the production of the accused in court & the proof of the causes of absence set forth in the Petition. But M^r Williams states that Judgement has been rendered If he will produce to me a copy of ofthe judgment or a certificate from the Clerk of the court that Judgement has been given on the forfeited bond & Shall also bring me evidence that T. B. Williams has been surrendered to Custody or given a new bond for this appearance at the next court & return the same with these papers — I will grant a remission

Tho E Bramlette
Gov
Nov 15^th 1865