To His Excellency B Magoffin Gov: of Kentucky

Your petitioner William Haley states., that he was indicted in the City Court of Louisville, for an assault & Battery, on a man by the name of Peter Carey; and was fined therefor, twenty five Dollars. The facts are these. Peter Carey threatened to shoot, with a gun which he then held in his hand, a woman by the name of Margaret Smith, with whom the wife of Carey shortly before, had had a difficulty; and your petitioner fearing that Carey would execute his threat, or do some other personal violence to Margaret Smith, struck Carey, to prevent him from executing his purpose. The blow

did Carey no damage, but it alarmed ^him^ sufficiently to make him desist from ^attempting to^ injureing the woman.

Times a very hard, and your petitioner is unable to raise money to pay the fine. The consequence is that incarceration in the City Prison will follow, unless your Excelleny will interfere and grant him, a remission or a respite of this fine: Your petitioner has a family, who will suffer for the necessaries of life if he is incarcerated.

I pray your Excellency to afford me relief } William O Haly

Petition

Respite 12 Mo
B. M

Louisville City Ct
$25. } Assault
W^m Haley
Iss^dAug 14. 1861