To His Excellency B Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky.

Your Petitioner Wm Langdon, states that he was fined fifty dollars in the city court of Louisville, at the ^September 1859^ Term — for an assault & battery alleged to have been committed on a negro man. He alleges that the negro man was in company with some white women, where he came where they was, were, and the negro was insolvent and guilty of outrageous & bad conduct toward him, which caused the difficulty, very little injury was done him, and many persons in this city could have done what petitioner did & the matter would have not have been noticed, Petitioner, was down the river between Louisville & New Orleans when the case was tried, and a Judgment had against him on his own admissions as to the assault — He had no opportunity to defend the case, and had he been present & prepared his defense, he is certain that the Jury would have acquitted him. He is very poor, and wholly unable to pay said fine — being hardly able to pay the costs in this case, He assures your Excellency that difficulties of this character, an unusual matter with him & he most respectfully asks your Excellency to remit the fine promising & —

Louisville Jan 24th 1861.

Respectfully
Wm Langdon

We the undersigned citizens of the portion of Louisville, in which the Pet^r Wm Langdon resides most respectfully Join in his petition & ask your Excellency to remit the foregoing aforementioned fine.

William Gregory
Alfred Haffeld
Jenkins Figg
Ed. Meglemry
J. M. Campbell
Ben Figg Sr
W. W. Owen
henry Munchhof
Wendelin Rampp
Joseph A. Gall
H [...]
Jim Tobart
W. A. Hundley
Diley Gibson
J. F. Gailbrath
Pat Hawes
W^m E. Jones
Louis Ehrman
J B Hemp
H. T. Figg
John Better
Peter Renter

Will Mr Crozxton be Kind Enough To bring with him the remission if one be obtained.

Talbot & Pfeiffer

Louisville City Ct
Respite 12 mo
B. M
$50 } Assault
W^m Langdon
Iss^dJany 30 1861