To the Honb^l Beriah Maggoffin
Governor of Comth of Ky.

Your petitioner would represent that at the December term 1861 a judgment was rendered by the Henderson Circuit Court in favore of the Comth against Mrs Hannah E Grant for the sum of Twenty ($20⁰⁰) and costs, being a fine for selling liquor to a slave of James Rouse, Defendent proved on the trial that James Rouse had told defedant to let his negro have liquor whenever he called for it. This order of James Rouse was only a verbal order, the law requiring a written order, the evidence was excluded and thus said judgment was rendered. It was wholly through ignorance of the law, and not a desire to violate or evade the law on the part of defendent — Times are extremely hard and defendent has no money to pay off said judgments it is as much as she can do to make enough to support her family — Her husband is dead and she has a number of children to support. Wherefore we ask that the fine aforesaid be remitted &c
Henderson Ky April 1^st 1862.

I hope Governor Mcgoffin will remit the within fine

Arch^d Dixon
Grant Green
Rich^d Garland
Sam. W. Rankin
R. G. Beverley
Paschal Rouse
W O Gordon
C. W. Hutchin
Ira Delano
W^m. W. Catlin
George Lyme
Ja^s H Boyer
F. H. Dallam
R. M. Allin
Tho. D. Tilford
A. F. Parker
H. W. Gobin
George R Beverly
J. O. Cheaney
Geo. Atkinson
James Atkinson
Henry G Tuker
Alf. F Taylor

A copy of said judgmennt is sent herewith

Remitted
B. M

Henderson Cir. Ct
Mr^s. H. E. Grant
$20 } liquor to a slave
Iss^dApr 24. 1862