22^nd March 1861
To his Excellency Beriah McGoffin Gov of Kentucky

Your petitioners would Respectfully solicit your excellency to remit a fine of forty Dollars against Nathan & Reuben Blevins assessed at our Taylor Circuit Court in March 1861. The judgment was rendered under the charge or indictment of their haveing gambled in a card game at five or ten cents a game about four years ago, and it is generally believed that the process against them was maliciously gotten up. they both being very poor men of large families, and utterly unable to defend a suit or employ and pay counsel- in such a suit- and do their families justice. The commonwealth haveing failed to sustain by proof the charges set forth in the indcitment, and the decision of the jury being contrary to the instructions of the presiding Judge. We your humble petitioners would pray the fine be remitted as we have known them for many years and think them to be orderly citizens and law abiding men- and we, their neighbors, & your petitioners, believe they will better invest the amount of s^dfine Judgment to ^the^ support and comfort of their families than in paying off an unjust fine.

Yours Respectfully

W^m Etherton
Thomas Thompson
Samuel Nelson
Joshua Beard
Drury D.. Spain
Perry Mony
W^m Etherton J^r
W^m Ruark
J. T. Hagan
Ja^s Money
Jesse Purvis
George Workman
Ben Mudd
As many more names can be obtained if necessary

Taylor Cir. Ct
Respite12
Remitted
B. M
$40. } Gaming
N. & R. Blevnins
Iss^dApr 17. 1861