Covington Ky March 14^th 1861
Hon Beriah Mcgoffin

The undersigned were upon the jury that found JosephTemple guilty of False Swearing and fixed his punishment at two years confinement in the State Prison While we are satisfied the Testimony as presented fully warranted our ^verdict^ and we feel that only extreme cases demand that jurors who have found such a verdict should ask the Executive to interfere But in consideration of thewhole case ^his age and Family^ and surrounding circumstances we think this case a proper one for Executive interference M^r Temple is an old man has lived in Campbell & Kenton Counties ^a long time^ has a wife large family of interesting children he and his Family have always stood high characters good We hope your Excellency will at once grant him a Pardon & restore him to his Family & friends