To His Excellency The Governor of Kentucky

Your memorialist Adam Beuther a citizen of Louisville would respectfully represent that at the March Term 1860 of the City Court of Louisville he was fined the sum of Fifty Dollars and cost for an alledged assault made upon one Protas Nutto — The case had been continued on the Docket until the cost amounted to Nine ⁴⁰/100 Dollars exclusive of the Attorneys portion of the fine — The party assaulted is a member of a cabinet maker Society with your Petitioner, who provoked the assault and was not seriously hurt, only receiving a slight scratch on the hand — Your Petitioner represents further that he viewed the matter in so trivial a light that he did not attend to the case and moreover paid to M^r Nutto Eight Dollars and a half for the injury he sustained and made friends with him — The fine is an exorbitant one, so much so that it will be oppressive to your Petitioner to pay the same, as he is poor and a man of family, and a working Mechanic

and the vindication of the law does not call for oppression upon the citizen.

In view of all the facts in this case he respectfully prays a remission of that portion of said fine belonging to the Commonwealth. He has with great inconvenience to himself and family paid all the cost in the case

And will ever pray &c
A Beuther

The undersigned respectfully recommend that ^the^ prayer of the foregoing Petition be granted, believing that the case is a meritorious one —

John M. Stokes & Son

Ja^s Croxton
J S Hyatt
Chas Miller

Petition of A Beuther for a remission of his fine of $50