Richmond, Ky. Dec. 18, 1860.
To his Excellency, Gov'^r B. Magoffin:

The undersigned, citizens of Madison County, Ky. would respectfully represent that M^r Robinson C. Forriss, of said County & State, was, at our last September Court, fined in the sum of twenty dollars & costs, under an indictment for gaming; that he is a poor, hard=working man, in no sense of the word, a gambler, that in the case for which he was fined, he was playng for pastime with some friends, the stakes being exceedingly small, (only 10^cts.); that this was the first and only occasion of his ever having been arraigned before a jury; and that he intends to give no cause for any similar arraignment in future. We, therefore, in view of all the circumstances, and the inability of M^r F. to pay said fine and costs, without serious injury to him and his family of four children, petition your Excellency to interpose your Executive clemency, and relieve him and them to the extent you may deem just and proper.

Respectfully, &c.