To His Excelency Berriah Magoffin We The undersigned citizens of would most Respectfully represent to your excellency that John Powell was at the last June term of the Jackson circuit court Sentencenced to the penitentiary for the term of two years charged with stealing hogs and the testimony seemed to go to guilt though there was some evidence to the contrary we will say to you that Mr Powell has left a large family with out any means to support on and we are of the opinion that you if you will only conferer the pinion of a large majority of the citizens of said feelins on the part of the Commonwealth witneses on trial