To His Excellency B Magoffin Governor of Kentucky —

Your petitioners would respectfully represent, that at the Sept 1861- of the Oldham Circuit Court. that a judgment was rendered in favor of the Commonwealth vs Tho^s Basye for Fifty dollars on an Indictment for selling liquor to One Albert Holtzclaw — without the Consent of his guardian or parents — Said Holtzclaw deposed before the jury. That about a week before the finding of the indictment, that defendant sold him one drink without the Consent in writing of his parents — Your petitioner Basye states that said testimony was false & that he never sold said Hotzclaw any liquor whatever — That said boy was induced as he believes through Malice to make said statement — That he is of bad reputation & not entitled to credit of on oath —

Thomas Bosye

Subscribed & sworn to- m^r Basye-

T A Rodman cty Judge

Your petitions state that said Holtzcaw the witness above named is of bad Character and Not entitled

to credit on oath. & we Hope that Your exellency will remit the fine imposed on said Basye allowing as we do that this cause present strong grounds for executive clemency —

Oldham Cir Ct
Petition

Remitted
B. M.

$50. } Selling liquor to a miner
Tho^s. Basye

Iss^dSept 27, 1861