To his Excellency Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner John Boling would respectfully represent that on wednesday the 7^th day of Novr. 1860 he was arrested and brought before the County Judge of Owsley County charged with the offence of having carried concealed as Pistol, to which charge your petitioner pleaded guilty and a Jury trial being waved & law & facts submitted to the Court, the Court assessed against your petitioers a fine of Fifty Dollars —

The facts are as follows — on tueseday Novr 6^t 1860 (the day of the Presidential election) your petitioner apprehending a difficulty borrowed for a few minutes a pistol from a friend and shortly afterwards & whilst he still had said pistol he was attacked & in the difficulty exhibited the pistol — Yourpetitionerallthetime[...]fortherightsofMrBreckinridge & Lane The Breckinridge and Lane men expecting an attack from the opposition was the Sole cause of the pistol being carried — Your petitioner has no pistol of his own

Wherefore he prays a remission of said fine & for all other appropriate relief

Owsley County

The petitioner John Boling says he believes the statements of the foregoing Petition are true

Sworn to before me by John Boling

this 7^th day of November 1860

The undersigned unite with the petitioner John Boling in the statement that he believes the statements Contained in his petition are and also made unite with him in his prayer for a remission of the fine therein named & for all such relief as is proper under the circumstances

Very Respectfully
H. C. Smith
Aly Ledford
John Moore
Tinsley Combs
W S Hurst
E B, Treadway (sheff)
H C Moore (Jailor)
E. Winn P. M
T L Geer
C. Combs
Jno D cole
W^m. D. M^cGee
John Bowman
Samuel A Chastain

B M^cGoffin Esqr

Sir the circumstances of M^r Boling's case are about these on the morning of the day of the presidential election he had a difficulty with a M^r Hampton as I understood and some [...] words pased Hampton later Boling his father had sold out or something to that effect Boling told him he was a damn liar friends kept them from fighting Boling afterwards borrowed a pistol and in the evening of the same day a man by the name of Stewart Came up to where Boling was and remarked that Breckinridge was a rascal and that he could whip any Breckinridge man on the ground Boling told him he was a damn liar they came to gether but were separated Boling exhibited the pistol for which he was brought before me the County Judge and pleaded plead Guilty and was fined fifty dollars I hope the fine will be remitted by your excellency

W F Hensley

Owsley cir. ct.
Respite 12 mo
B, M
Is^dJny 11. '61
$50. } Concealed Weapon