To his Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky —

Your petitioners John Goreand John. W. Bingham would respectfully represent to your Excellency that on Samuel Matheneywas fined in the police Court of Harrodsburg the sum of five Dollars & costs, amounting in all to the sum of Nine dollars & 58 cents, and that your petitioners became security upon a Replevin bond for the said Matheney, for the amount of the aforesaid fine — and costs; and that since the execution of the aforesaid bond said Matheny has left for the southern the Army, and an execution has been issued against your petitioners for the said fine and costs, and is now in the hands of the Marshal, and your petitioners will have to pay the same — and that they have no funds in their hands belonging to the said Matheney, & that should they discharge said execution, it will be a total loss to your petitioners.

Wherefore your petitioners would pray your Excellency to interpose in their behalf and remit said fine

An as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.

J, W, Bingham
John Gore

Mercer County
State of Kentucky

John Gore and John W. Bingham say that the statements contained in the foregoing petition are true.

J, W, Bingham
John Gore

Sworn to before me this 18 day of Nov 1861.

E. J. Polk Examiner for Mercer County

The undersigned ^Citizens of Harrodsburg^ join in the prayer of the above petition

Harrodsburg Po. ct

Remitted
B. M

$5. } Replevin Bond
John Gore
J. W. Bingham
Iss^dNov 19. 1861