To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin
Governor of Kentucky

Your petitioners would very respectfully represent that at the February Term 1861 of the Daviess Circuit Court, a Judgment was rendered against W^m J Johnson for Two hundred dollars & costs of prosecution, for permitting unlawful Gaming in his house. The proof was that, Johnson was a hotel keeper in Boston Daviess County, and had once or twice allowed a game of Euchre to be played for drinks, that he had never allowed a game to be played for money in his house. Under the law the jury reluctantly rendered a verdict against the Deft for the lowest amount $200. and the Jurors afs^d. now unanimously, ask your Excellency to remit Said fine. They think the legal costs a heavy penalty for the affence. M^r. Johnson is a civil and well behaved man, is poor, and has for a long time been weakly and in delicate health, & has a large family dependant upon him for a Support, and they will ever pray &c

This is a very hard case and one I think entitled to clemency of your Excellency

Cicero Maxwell
atty for Com'lth

G. W. Ray
James Stuart Circuit Judge
A G Batts
Clint M^cClarty
Jo. G. Harrison
J. R. Claybrook
Jno P. Thompson Circuit Clerk
John H. M^cHenry
Jn^o H M^cHenry Jr
John Locke
R L Boyd
Dan^l. M. Griffith
W. Anthony
Geo H Yeaman
Jesse Moore
A M^cShimmons
Max Sipstine
Phil T Watkins D C
Chas Green
M Heffernan
Ben Alsop
M [beach]
H W Warfield

J W Compton
W. D Sebra
H. Wells
Jas. H. Ivens
Charles Wheeler
F. L. Biers
W H Frey
J. B. Green
J. W. Barritt
John C. Shivelly

Remitted B. M