To His Excellency B. Magoffin
Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky;

Your petitioner W. H. Cummins would respectfully represent unto your Excellency that at the April Term 1861 of the Woodford Circuit Court his son Alexander H. Cummins was indicted fr grand larceny, and entered into recognizance for his appearance to answer said charge at the next July Term of said Court, in the penalty of five Hundred dollars with A. McJanuary W. W. Whittington, and Isaac Whittington as his sureties. His said son not appearing at said Court said recognizance was forfeited and a judgement will be rendered thereon at the next October Term of said court, unless the sum is released by the interposition of Executive clemency — His son is quite a young man and the circumstances of his arrest are about these; he unfortunately was intoxicated, and while crazy from the effects of liquor took a

carpet bag, from some hotel in Versailles; the carpet bag was taken in daylight, & was found in the street & not in the possession, of his said son, These are the facts as your petitioner is informed & believes, Your petitioner is a poor man, a mechanic dependant upon his daily labor for the support of his family, and allthough he is not surety upon his son's recognizance he feels it honor bound to pay every cent of this bond, although such payment should strip him & his family of all they have, which if it has to be paid it will do, as he is worth not as much as the amount of said bond, rather than have these gentlemen who have so kindly gave his son's security, suffer on account of said responsibility,

Your petitioner would therefore pray that said forfeiture of said recognicanze may be remitted and as [...] duty your petitioner will every pray,

W H Cummins

We cordially unite in the above petition, and hope that the prayer of the petitioner may be granted

Woodford Cir Ct

Remitted as to all but one Hundred and fifty Dollars —
B. M.

$500 } Recognizance
A Mc January & others
Iss^dSept 25" 1861

Remitted in full
B. M
Iss^dMay 26 1862

Versailles Ky