Edmondson County Ky
Hon M^r Beriah M^cGoffin Governor of Kentucky
Your excellency.

Your humble Petitioner Joseph W Sanders would respectfully state to your Honor, that a fine of $60 was assessed against him at the March Term of the Edmondson Equity and Criminal Court 1861. for selling whiskey. by the quart. &C,, Your petioner would beg leave to say at the time he sold the whiskey, he was in bad health and had been some length of time previous, and further your petitioner states that he did not buy and sell with a view of violating the law in ^any^ way whatever, some of the Visitors told ^me^ that I had a right to sell by the quart. &C, Consequently done so, and thereupon came into Open Court and Confessed Judgement. Your humble petitioner is a very poor man, having a Wife and family depending on me ^for^ a Support, also destitue of means in the ad midst of the pressure of money matters,, whereupon Your humble Petioner petitioner prayes your clemency to be extended towards him in in this time of great distress,, and trouble,, I remain your humble servant. most Respectfully

Joseph W Sanders

We the undersigned unite in the prayer of the aforesaid Petioner.

Edmonson
E & C Ct
$60 } Tipling
Jo^s W. Sanders
Resp^d 12 mos
Iss^dApr 9. 1861

Respite 12 mo
B. M