To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky,

Your petitioner Jane Welch, most Respectfully, represents, that at the last Term of the Boyd circuit, ^court^ there was by confession, a judgement rendered against her for the sum of fifty Dollars & costs, she states that the charge, against her was for keeping a house of Ill fame, she says, that, in the part of the town where she resides, it is near the bank of the Ohio river, near steam boat landing, that to keep order and confusion down, sometime before the Indictment was found she, was forced to shoot, in a crowd of men, with a shot gun, hitting some five with short, which she done, to force them to Leave, and not, to annoy or disturb her house or it'^s inmates, she says she was & is not guilty of the charge, but some of her persecutors had procured witness'^s to prove some thing to sustain the charge, she says, being a female she prafered to confess; rather than be brot into court, to be gazed at, & to suffer the mortification, in cident to such trial, she says that she was also induced to confessed from the promise, of some friends, that, they believed your excellency would interpose

She States She is poor, alone, and persecuted, erring female; she hopes your excellency will interpose, & in duty she will ever &c

Jane Welch,

Catlettsburg, Ky, May 2^nd 61'

we do ask, that your excellency interpose, the petitioner has lived for seven years in this town, she is a woman of great kindness, and excellent; nurse, upon the sick she will not suffer any noise or disorder about her house; or where she can control

O, W, Martin
Levi Stephenson

we ask that your excellency interpose in behalf, of Jane Welch, and believe, that the ends of Justice, will be promoted, thereby

Jas. M. Rice
S, N, Brown

Boyd Cir Ct
Jane Welch
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Governor