To His Excellency B Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Your Petitioners would respectfully state that on the [...] day of [...]1860 James W. Quinn was arrested for the crime of felony and the Examining Court held him to further trial at the September term 1860 of the M^cLean Circuit Court and Tho^s Quirk became his surety in the bail bond at the S^dSeptember term 1860 of the M^cLean Circuit Court,

The bail bond was forfeited owing to the failure of James W Quinn to make his appearance, and Tho^s Quirk became responsible to the Commonwealth for the amount of S^d bail bond, which is one hundred dollars, This bond was by express understanding with the Exam'g Court be assigned by s^d Quinn's uncle, but the Court returned the bond without s^d assignement, leaving Tho^s Quirk responsible for the whole amount of s^d bond, Your petitioners would respectfully state that S^d Quirk is a poor but worthy man with a large and helpless family, he posesses but half an acre of land and a small house and works out by the day in order to earn a support for his family, If he is compelled to pay the above mentioned forfeiture it will break him up and leave his family in a destitute condition, Wherefore we respectfully request your Excellency to remit the entire forfeiture

Edmonson E & C Ct
Remitted
B. M.
$100 } Recog.
Tho^s Quirk
Iss^dApr 9. 1861