Magoffin Court
To his excelency Beriah Magoffin
governer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Your petitioner Daniel Reed would state that Some time about the [...] Day of Jany 1860 your petitioner was on some business in the village of Bloomington in Magoffin County & State of Kentucky and one Archibil prater bought some whisky and brought it out into the Road and Indited this petitionr and Several others and often they had drank Some of Said Liquor this complainant was siting on the ground Some person rode up behind him and asked him to hand him- the Cup and without reflecting abut who it was made the requst took up the Cup and reached it back over his shoulder and some person took it out of his hand and when his attention was called to it it turned out to be a Slave of the heirs of B F Gardin who had made the request and the Slave may have Drank some Liquor out of Said Cup the grand Jury for Magoffin County at its Jany Term 1860 one of whom was present made an Inditment for the Slave and at the present July Term — of the Magoffin Circuit Court he was fined the Sum of $20⁰⁰ Dollars he State he had no Intention of violating any Law he did not Know that there was any Liquor in the cup or Reason of [...] or the Nature or effect of it he therefore thinks it is a case the requires executive clemency he therefore asks your

excelency to Remit Said fine and all Proper Relief July 17 1861

Daniel Reed

the undersigned Join with Mr Daniel Reed and think it shoul be Remited

I Wallis Berely clerk of the Circuit Crt for Mgoffin Cuoty that the above was the Jury that tred Dec d

Daniel Reed is a good Citizen & your Excellency would do right to remit his fine

A. J. May
Commonwealth Atty ProTem

The case of D Reed is one that clearly warents Executive interposition. I hope the governor will remit the fine

W^m. H. Burns

William Adams

Magoffin Cir Ct
Daniel Reed
To } Petition
Commonwealth

Remitted —
B M

$20. } liquor to a slave

Iss^dSept 20. 1861