To the Hon Beriah Magoffin

We would respectfully represent to Your Excellency that we were the jurors who tried Johnson Mains at this term of the Bracken Circuit Court. and we recommend him to the mercy of the Executive

Joshua Johnson
R, C, Chapant
R. S. Sailee
Evan Pickrill [M D]

here is four of the Jurors of the five and he is not at home and will not be for two weeks and their fore i send this trusting to your excellency that you will pardon him and let him come home to his broken harted parents

Yours respectfully
John W Mains

I saw Mr Arthur the power of Attorney as i came home and he said he would write to you immediately the facts in the case and also Thornton marshal he wrote to you on thursday after i came home and i trust they are before you at this time that is the letters

John W Mains

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