Brownsville
Edmodson County
Jany 1861
Hon Governor of Kentucky,
Dr Sir,

We the undersigned take this opportunity to inform you of the condition of the foregoing Petitioner John chase the said chase is a very poor man wholly ignorant of Law, he is an honest, good, disposed, and ignorant man, having a wife and two infants, dependant on the charity of the community for a support, while he is confined in the Jail of Edmondson County, Consequently We unite with the foregoing Petioner, hoping that you will extend your clemency, toward your humble petitioner, the said petioner would further state, that he is disposed to engage in Without means, and there is no prospect to accumulate any thing whatever under the present Panic of the age —

John Chase pr
James Sock Edmonson

N. B. If the foregoing Member of assignors are not sufficient. I will send the Name of 50 or 100 of as good men as is herein named.

Edmondson County Ky
Bee SpringsJany 1861,

Hon.. Uriah M^cGoffin Governor of Kentucky

Dr Sir

Your humble petitioner John Chase makes this appeal to your Honour for relief and prayes your clemency to be extened toward him.. Your humble Petitioner states to your honour, that a fine was assessed against him at the Fall Ter spring Term of the Edmondson Equity and Criminal Court. in the year 1860.. to the Amount of $60. for selling Ginger Wine Your Petitioner further states, that, he made application to the county court of Edmondson county for a Tavern License, but the court refused to grant them, from the fact that he was a boarder consequently, many persons would come and drink — at their leisure. Your Petioner further states that he was very ill a great portion of the time not able to attend to any buisness, Your humble petitioner again states that he is a poor man destitute of parentage, entirely illiterate, of Law having a family to Support, and now cast into Jail of Edmondson County, for her appearance, at the next Term of the Edmondson Criminal Court. ^for the payment of the fine^ Your humble petioner, further States that he is not disposed to violate the Law in ^any^ shape or form whatever, consequently he prays your Clemency to be extended towards him, and further your petition petitioner would respectfully state, that he is wholly unable to pay the fine.. he has no means visable=whatever.

We the undersigned Petitioners unite in the prayer with of the with the humble Petitioner

John Bullock.
James Sock Examiner of Edmondson Cty.
Robert Lashley
John M Duvall
J E Johnson
Thomas J Merefith
M M Logan
G. F Logan
Miles Merefith
John Rich
Hiram Lawrence
Wood Meredith,,
Wat Meredith
Seldom Sanders
James Brooks
John Souders
Thomas Brooks
Alex^r Higgs
Thomas Isaac Blanton
Fed Meredith.

Edmonson
E & C Ct
$60 } Tipling
John Chase
Remission
Iss^dFeby 15^th
1861.

Remitted
B. M