To Bariah M^cGoffin
Govenor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners respectfully represent that at the May Term of the Hickman Criminal and Equity Court, John W. Long was indicted for the Murder of his Father William Long, the indictment was found at said Term and the defendent placed upon trial upon the fourth day after the finding of the Indictment by the Grand Jury.

During that time defendent was confined in the Jail of the County without any means to procure Counsel and without friends to assist him in his preperation for a trial; that Counsel was assigned the Defendent by the court, but owing to other professional engagements in said court they were prevented from giving such attention to the case as the importance of the case demanded.

Your petitioners state that there are several circumstances in this case which within opinion will recommend the case to Executive clemency — these are, that, at the time of the killing both defendent and the deceased were very drunk and the finding of the Jury were upon the instructions of the court based entirely upon implied malice that the defendent is without any means to remove his case to the court of appeals and is now under the Judgment of the court

sentenced to be hung upon the 10th day of August 1860, Your petitioners therefore respectfully pray your interposition of clemency in his behalf, and that a commutation of his punishment be made to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a Term of years. & your petitioners will ever pray &