Wheras about the 15^th, Sept 1861 one John Gallegher Hapened to get Drunk and made sone noise in the Town of Germantown and was Taken up and fined by a justice to the Extent of the Law. for Drunkeness also fined by a jury of the Cuntry $15" for Disturbing the peace it being the first time anything of the Kind ever. Hapened him and the famly is Quite poore and have a Large famly dependant upon the old Man for a suport.

Now we the undersigned petitioners would respectfully Solicit the Interposition of your Honors magistry and respectfully ask you to remitt the fined, of $15. as we think it is one of the cases that comes justly in that catilogue thers has bin more agrevated cases Committed in our midst and no notice Taken of them We [...] Make the above request of your Honor because we Know it to be one of the cases that ought to be [...] ^excused^ by you if there ever was one from the fact of there being Nine or Ten children in the Famly all Dependent upon the old man for a suport. your. petitioners again respectfully ask [...]your Honor to remitt the above fine believing that the small fine which he will pay and the cost is as great a burden as he can bare. We submitt the matter to your Honor beleivng you will do. what is right in the matter, this 1^st Oct 1861

William Mingy

W, H, Gallaghe

E. J. Thompson

Charles Bradbery
Thomas Murphy

Mason J. P.

Remitted

B, M

$15 } Drunkeness
Jno. Gallagher
Iss^dOcto 30. 1861