Cadiz Ky
22^d Jany 1861
To His Excellency B. Magoffin.
Governor of Kentucky,
Dear Sir,

By reference to the records of my office I find that the fine against Jno R Grace who was jointly indicted with Mr Greenwade for betting on the Election has been remitted by your Excellency in Consideration of that fact and the facts set forth in the foregoing petition I would most respectfully ask a remittal of the fine against Mr Greenwade, also

Yr friend
R A. Burnett
Clerk Trigg Cir. Court

To His Excellency the Hon B Magoffin

Your petitioner Isaac Greenwade would humbly state and represent that at the Febry Term of our Trigg Circuit Court 1860 there was Judgment rendered by default against him of One Hundred Dollars upon indictment for betting on elections. He and your other petitioners whose signatures are here to affxed would also represent that said betting was upon a clearly heated local election on mattrs of local and county interest. that same was induced & brought on by the heated personal excitement incident to the peculiar circumstances. Your petitioners would represent and assure Your honor, that they are satisfied and feel a high degree of confidence in saying that Mr Isaac Greenwade Your [man] immediate petition and did not nor would under any Circumstance make said wager or any other for purpose of improperly effecting the Vote of any citizen voter of this Commonwealth, Nor would he use any degree of influence [whatevr] contrary to the Spirit of the laws denounced against wagers on elections. and your petitioners while holding said laws in the main beneficial checks on such a practice would yet represent this as a cause right and proper for the interference of Executive Clemency as far as may be in such causes and would therefore pray Your honor for a release and discharge of so much of said fine as by law permitted. in this will in duty ever &c.

Trigg Cir. Ct
J. Greenwade
To } Petition
Governor of Ky

Remitted
B. M

$100 } betting on election
Iss^dJany 30. 1861