To his Excellency
Beriah Magoffin
Gov. Ky.

We would respectfully represent to your Excellency that on the 24^th day of March 1860 the Grand Jury of Madison County Indicted George Stafford for carrying concealed weapons and also for unlawful gaming. William Tillet appeared with Stafford and entered as bail for him in the sum of one hundred Dollars in each case. At the [...] term of the Madison Circuit ^Court^ Stafford failed to appear to answer to the Indictment and both bonds were forfeited. At the last March term of the Madison Circuit Court M^r Tillet filed Affidavits and letters showing that he had used every effort to have Stafford arrested and brought back he having gone to some distant county in the State Grant perhaps. the same papers go to show that since the forfeiture Stafford has departed this life. We have no hesitation in recommending Mr. Tillet to executive clemency and earnestly ask your Excellency to remit the forfeitures except fees and costs. He is a very honest poor man

with scarcely any means or property. He is in every respect so far as we know or have heard a very worthy good citizen and we ask your Excellecy to releive him from a great hardship.

G. E. Billingsley
Tho H Barnes
Jas B. M^cCreary

S. Turner

Winchester Ky May 5 1862
Gov Magoffin

Dr Sir, The facts are correctly set out on the foregoing Petition, except that Judg^t was rendered on the forfeitures. I concur in the prayer of the petition.

Respectfully
W. T. Lowrey
atty for com'th

The Gov. will be kind enough to send the Remittance the the Cerk Madison Circuit Court should he grant it.

Remitted
B. M.

Madison Cir Ct
$100 } For.
W^m Tillet
Iss May 13. 1862