We the Undersigned residents and Citizens of the County of Trigg. — Would respectfully represent unto Your Excellency, That at the last August term of the Trigg Circuit Court, there was returned into said Court two Indictments against Charles D Baker, One of which charged said Baker with an unlawfull assault upon Laura Baker his wife and the other with stabing James Buckner in sudden heat and passion. — Now we the undersigned in addition to the statement of the Accused, would say, that he has been raised in this community and up to the time of the charges referred to above has borne a good character and that since said occurence his conduct has been so unexceptionable. — We would state from having seen him at the time he is charged to have committed this occurre offences set forth in said Indictments and from the statements of those who were present that he was so much under the influence of ardent spirits as not to have been conscious of what he was doing. — Now in consideration of that fact and of his youth and this being his first offence and as an a trial of one of the charges involves an investigation that [...][...] would invade the family circle, We most respectfully ask you to grant him a pardon and as in duty bound we will ever pray &c