To his excellency Gov, Beriah McGoffin

Your petitioner John Combs states that at the present term of the Perry Circuit Court he was fined in the sum of siventy five Dollars on a charge of having cut Samuel Combs with a knife he states that he is a small weakly man and that samuel Combs is a large stout man and the petitioner only inflicted an insignificant cut upon him producing no injury that the petitioner & Samuel Combs were boath very much under the influance of Whiskey not at all at themselves, Your petitioner is a very poor man with young wife & two small children and it requires every thing he can earn to support his family-

Your petitioner prays your excellency in consider ation of the primices to intirpose your pardining power & remit s^d fine,

John Combs Petitioner

We the undersigned pray your excellency to remit said fine believing as we do that the statements of the above petitioner are true

Perry C, H, Ky, May 15^th 1861
Dear Gov-

I hope your excellency will interpose your pardning power & remit the fine referd to in the petion John Combs is certainly not able to pay the fine

yours truly
David G. Lyttle
Granville Pearl
Jas B. Fitzpatrick
Andrew Combs

Harva Sisemore
P. W. Hall
Henderson Baker
Mahlov Fields
William W. Combs

Petition

Respite 12 Months
B. M

Is^dJune 24

Perry Cir. Ct
$75. } cutting
Jno. Combs