To His Excellency Thomas E. Bramlett: governor of Kentucky,

Your Petitioners would respectfully represent that at the present Term of the Morgan Circuit David Combs, was tried and convicted to the Penitentiary for four years, ^for horse stealing^ they would represent that said Combs is quite a youth not more than 17 years at the time he is charged with taking the Horse, that during the Rebelion he joined the army, and was sworn in as a soldier and shortly after he joined the army his Father was brutally murdered in his own house by a gang of merauders, who leaving a widow with eleven ^twelve^ children some of them very young & helpless the said [...] being the oldest his Mother by persuation and entreaty had her son the [...] who now seeks pardon [...] from the army & he returned to his Home, to work for the support of his widdowed Mother & helpless children.

The proof on the trial [...] to show, that a thieving gang came along, and David Combs was in their compnay. about the time the horse was stolen, and further [...] to show that owner of the horse, after he reclaimed him, by threats of violence, and death induced him to confess that he had taken the horse and upon this confession ^and having been seen near where the horse was hitched out^ the Jury found him guilty of the crime. We firmly believe that this is a case that requires the interpositiion of executive clemency, and that the unfortunate boy should be pardoned.

Milton B Cox Juror
John W. Wells Juror

D. N. Cattle Juror
Sanford Davis Juror
John W Day Juror
D B. Davis Juror
Benjamin Coling
Gabe Ruse

We the undersigned Citizens of Morgan County endorse the foregoing petition

T.J. Goodpaster
R F Williams J P M C
A. J. Williams
Cyrus Perry
A C Nickell
John H. Perry
Josiah Carpenter
Levi S Carpenter
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Morgan Cir Ct
vs
David Combs
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