To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin Gov^r of Kentucky

Your petitioner William M^cPeek would respectfully represent that he ws fined in the city court on 6^th March 1860, Sixty dollars for keeping a Tippling house in Louisville under the following circumstances towit He keeps a Grocery store on [...] street connected with a feed store & supplies the neighborhood with all articles, in either line, A Young man by the name of Martin Summers a hack driver, was in the habit of getting provender for his horses there and was frequently at his store when y^r petitioner would treat him, because of his patronage, he however became troublesome & was driven from the premises some time last fall ^Autumn,^ & since thene has shown great resentment to the petitioner, he was the only witness examined on the trial, & swore that he had bought & payed for whiskey several times, this statement was wholly unexpected as he had on several occasions in the presence of the petitioner and others, said that he could not swear that he ever bought liquor from the petitioner, under the belief that he would not make a statement that would convict the Deft, he had no witnesses subpoenad in his behalf or to discredit the witness for te com^th therefore this verdict, as unexpected as it ^is^ entirely unjust was rendered

We theUnless y^r Excellency will interpose to relieve your petitioner from this fine by remitting it he will be subjected to great loss which he at present can not well bear, he has ever borne a fair character among his acquaintances for correctness in dealing and good deportment in all the walks of life with these considerations & the following recommendations to y^r favor he humbly prays y^r Excellency to remit his fine & relieve him from theis great harm with great respect y^r petitioner will ever pray &c

RespW M^cPeek

We of the Jury who tried the case referred to above also pray y^r Excellency to remit his fine

Respectfully y^r obt servt

We the neighbors & friends of the petitioner join in the prayer to y^r Excellency to remit petition ^his^ fine

with great respect y^r obt serv^t

A Majority of the Jury. The chief of Police & other officers of the city and several highly respectable citizens having signed this Petition. I unite with them
Geo. W Johnston.