To His Excellency Tho^s E. Bramlette
Gov. of the Commonwealth of Ky.

Your petitioners & citizens of Calloway County would most respectfully represent this Samuel Heast a citizen of said county, was some twelve or Eighteen months ago, indicted in our Calloway Circuit Court for Stealing William Hutchins mule another citizen &c. that just before the present of our circuit court now seting he had discovered that he could make by a witness living in Illinois important proof to wit he could prove an alibi- the comlth attorney discovered in the indictment vs said Heast Some mistake as to the ownership of said Mule- he then had said indictment dismissed and a new bill found vs him for stealing Roland Hutchins Mule at the present term of s^d court Embracing one of Heast witnesses and in a few minutes placed on trial and while we do most Earnestly protest against Such hasty proceeding in cases of such vital interest, still we have no words of censure for either the jury or the officers of the law.

In view of these facts and that Mr Heast is a very poor man- has an excellent wife, and seven helpless

children all of whom are dependent upon him for a support, and if deprived of his services must suffer. We also State that W^m Heast is a man of Excellent qualities. Therefore we most respectfully ask your Excellency to pardon W^m Heast & restore him to his helpless family