To his Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

I would represent to your Honor Excellency that John Calaway was fined in the Knox Circuit Court the sum of $50 for carrying a consealed weapon, under the following circumstances, said Calaway had followed a horsethief to Tennessee and arrested him and brought him back for trial, said horse thief had threatened his (calaway?) life and he calaway being fearful that said threats thief would put those threats in Execution, he therefore armed himself with a pistol, for which he was fined and now pray your Excellency to remit the same I will further state to your Excellency that said calaway is a good citizen ^&^ a poor man with a large family. these are the facts to my knowledge

Yours with due respect
J. Word

Remitted
B. M.
Knox Cir. Ct
$50 } Weapons
Jno. Calloway
Iss^dFeby 15. 1861