Patricks case Pet
Morgan Co —

To his excellency Gov. Berriah. Mcgoffin —

Your humble petitioner would represent that about the first of August 1858, he Went to the village of Bloomington in Morgan County. to the Election which was held On the first Monday in August 1858 in the Said Village of Bloomington, and as is usual on Such occasions. Rot gut whiskey flowed on every hand. Your petitioner being quite a young Man and easily carried off by false glare, indulged freely in drinking, being Surrounded by Many acquaintances Whose thirst for the ardent was as unquenchable as that of your petitioner Late in the evening after all had became [uprrous] as your petitioner is informed, a row was raised near the place of Voting. And several altercations took place. Your petitioner being insensible from the effects of drinking Whiskey of all passing events, During the brole a man by the name of Amos Bayes was killed, And this Your petitioner was accused of being the perpetrator of the awful crime of taking the life of his fellow man and against whom he had never in life entertained the least feeling of ill will

Patricks case of Morgan Co Pen^y
And today he calls on heaven to bear witness to this utterance of his heart, that if he committed the act of taking the life of Amos Bayes, his petitioners inclination was the moveing cause that prompted him to so violate the Laws of God and of his country. He states that he was Arraigned before the tribunals of his country and committed to prison, (being the Son of a poor Widow Woman) he remained in the dismal dungeon walls of the Morgan County Jail, for three long and Wearisome Months, at the end of which time he was Convicted. for the crime of Man Slaughter And sentenced to hard labor, in the Penitentiary of Your State, and is now an inmate of the Hell like place, A tender Widowed and bereaved Mother toiling at home in the county of Morgan, to presence herself from penury and want, deprived from the labor and Society of her Son, he further states that he has been in this Miserable place for about Ten Months. He prays Your excellecy to pardon him. and turn him out that he may return. Once more to the embraces of his much ^beleaguered^ Mother, before her Sands Shall have run out

John F Patrick

We the undersigned Join in praying Your excellency to pardon him and turn him out