To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlett

Your petitioners would respectfully Represent, that E M Stanley is endicted in the Livingston Circuit Court for the offence of striking with intent to kill William Stanley, The facts of which E M Stanley was whipping one of his children & his brother William Stanley interfered & tried to take it away from him, and that the said E M Stanley under the excitement struct the said W^m Stanley with a gun which was setting by him That immediately after which the said E M Stanley assisted in taking care of the said William Stanley and did every thing in his power to amicable sittle the dificulty and repair the wrong, which was then and there freely forgiven by the said William Stanley, The said E M Stanley went before H B Edwards a Justice of the peace, gave him self up was tried & fined for the offence.

Now We William Stanley the party assalted and Jesse H Stanley & Mary Stanley the witnesses for

the Commonwealth ask that he be pardened, for two reasons, first because we do not think he ought to be punished second because it was an unfortunate dificulty in the family which we would much regret having brought up and tried in the circuit court,

Respectfully
William Stanly
Jesse H Stanly
Mary F Stanly

The above is about the true statement of the facts, as appead in the trial before me

H. B. Edwards J P L C

To his Excellency Thos E Bramlet Gov^r of Ky

Being satisfied that the case of E M Stanley is as stated by W^m Stanley [&als] and believing the clemency of the Govenor would be meritoriously extended, Respectfully petition for the pardon of E M Stanley

E M StanleyLivingston Cir Ct
vs
E M Stanley

Refused