To his Excellency
B. Magoffin Gov of Ky

The undersigned your petitioner, J. C. Thomas respectfully states, that on the 20^th of July last he became security or bail for one D. A. Laymans appearance at the September Term of the Kenton Circuit court at Covington Ky. in the sum of six hundred Dollars as shown by a copy of the bond herewith enclosed, & states that said Layman was charged with the offence of shooting at one Charles Leonard with intention to kill, as shown by a copy of the Indictment filed herewith, said D. A. Layman did appear on the first day of the said Term of said court_ & the cause being postponed for two weeks & Day set for trial said Layman went to cairo in search of an important witness & has never returned acording to the stipulation of said bond, & at the present December Term of said court, Judgement was taken against your petitioner upon said bond & an Execution is now in the hands of the sheriff of this county for said amount against your Petitioner — and your petitioner further States at the time of his becoming security for the said Layman that he had in store & on storage some house hold & kitchen Furniture, & 16 Blls

of Domestic Liquors belonging to the said D. A. Layman which he Layman represented as being worth the full amount of the aforesaid bond. all of the things being enclosed in large boxes. & upon examination fiound to contain nothing but old clothes belonging principally to his wife & children which is worth nothing to any one but themselves — and as for the Domestic liquor. it is not worth more than raw whisky which is worth to day Jany 14^th/ 61 fourteen cents pr Gallon all of which to day would not bring one hundred Dollars and if I am compelled to pay the whole amount of said bond it will greatly embarrass me & the officer will have to sacrifice my effects to make the required amount — I would therefore pray your Excellency to remit so much of said bond as you can controll under the constitution & laws of the state.

Respectfully &c
J. C. Thomas

we the undersigned would cheerfully recomend the Granting of the Prayer of the Petitioner