To his Excellency Hon^l. B M^cGoffin
Govener of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioners would State to your excellency that a few months since his son Theodore Moores was bound over to the monroe Equity & criminal court on a charge of stealing five dollars and on account of the reputation your petitinoer has here-tofore sustained among his friends and neighbors his son procured bail in Monroe county Ky and has forfeited his bond and at the times are hard your petitioner was not willing to see his sons sureties pay off the amount of the bond ($300.) he himself has paid $250. and now mosts humbly begs your excellency to remit the remainder ($50.) and in so doing you will confer a favor upon an old unfortunate man who is poor and kneedy & would feel grateful to you as he has been to his friends who on your petitioners account bail his ungrateful son

J R Moores

We the undersigned hope you will grant the request of Mr Moores as he is a clever old Gentleman & would say it would meet the approbation of the citizens of our community and of our selves

John R. Chism
R H Chism {from whom the money was stolen}

Monroe Eq. Ct
Remitted
B. M —
$300 — $50. remitted
Theo. Moores
Iss^dApr. 30. 1861