His Excelency
The Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your Petitioner would respectfully represent unto Your Exelency that at the March Term 1861, he was found guilty and fined Thirty dollars on an Indictment for an assault. in the Bath Circuit Court. Under such circumstances as he was unable to explain owing to the absence of any person that could explain, the whole circumstances under which. the assault was made. Your petitioner states most positively, that he only acted in self defence & was compeled to do who he did purly in self defence and that he is a poore man. scarsly able to make a support for his wife & children. he would therefore ask your exelency. to remit said fine in duty bound he will ever pray.
May 25^th 1861

Harry Coffer

we the undersigned citizens of Bath County would state to your Excelency. that we are well acquainted with Mr Hanson Coffer the above petitioner. & some of us have a knowledge. of the facts & circumstances, attending his case, that he is an honest industrious man, with a large family and from all we Know and believe we think his case require exective clemency, and would therefore aske a remission of the fine

Bath Cir. Ct.

Respite 12 mo
B, M.

pdJune 7 1861

$30. } assault
Remission Iss^d
May 28^th 1861
H Coffer