To his excelency the governor of Kentucky Beriah M^cGoffin. your petitioner James Caldwell was fined at the July term of the Anderson circuit Court in 1861 Sixty dollars for the alledged offense of Keeping a tipling hous, The house was not owned or controled by him, and he mearly Sold once for the accommodation of an other without any proffit to himself being ignorant conserving the law in such cases. Your petitioner is a poor and ignorant man, and labors hard for a living and if he is compelled to pay the above sum, it will effectually break him up. He therefore prays that your executive clemency be extended towards him and that said fine be remited, Your petitioner further says he will not be guilty of a like offense.

your Petitioner James Caldwell says the statements in the above petition are true

James Calwell

Sworn to before me by James Calwell this 17^th day of July A. D. 1861.

Ja^s A. M^cBrayer clk. a. c. c.

We the undersigned concur in the prayer of the petitioner and ask that the fine be remited,

J. S. Littlepage Jr
J A M^cBrayers
John S. Boswell
O C Egbert
E, Goodlett
W^m Edwards
J T [Dinmore]
J W Robinson
G Robinson
Robert [...]
Alen Demare
John Demare
S B, B, White
Daniel Rose
J H D M^cKee
H H Maddy
J B Parker

Remitted
B, M

Iss^dJuly 30