To His Excellency Beriah Magoffin

We the underassigned S citizens would most Respectfully Represent to your Excellency that John Powell was at the last June term of the Jackson Circuit Court sentenced to the penitentary for the term of two years; charged with steeling a hog/ the Testimony only scircomstancialy, some evidence to the farvor of Powell/ we will say to you that Powell has left a large family without any means to surport on And we are of the opinion that if you will parden said Powell that you will only conferm the opinion of a large majority of the citizens of Said county in his inocense as there was much feling on the part of the commonwealths witnesses manifested on the trial