To his excellency, Hon Beriah Magoffin Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Your petitioners wouldrespectfully would respectfully to your honor that at the [...] term of the Clay Circuit Court, held in the year 1857 John Gibson was convicted for the crime of stealingahorse, and[...] ^of selling a horse that was not his^ sentenced to the State prision for the term of four years, which term wil expire onthe in December next, We ^we^ believe that said John Gibson was sent convicted by some fatality which could not be foreseen, That said Gibson was not guilty of the crime charged against him The circumstances are these. The said Gibson was on his way to ManchesterinClayCounty ^Owsley Co^, on foot When a Man overtook him andonhorseback ^with two horses^, and app employed said Gibson to sell thehorse ^one for him^, which he did being perfectly ignorant of the fact that said horse was stolen, therefore being induced ignorantly to commit said crime, We further believe that if said Gibson had been known the facts of the case he would have had nothing to do with the horse, and would ^have^ been clear of committing any crime whatever.

G W Daniel

Siners Names
John Boles
John L Creech
J. T. Brewar
A. H. Clark.
Theophlius Wilson
Philip Wilson
James A Peters
James. L. Lynh
W. H. Evans
Anderson Bowles
Daniel Strong
Alford Warren
James person
L. J Peter
Daniel mcCollum
A. Peters
James Hacker
Philip Strong
Phillip Wilson

Dear govener I Remain as Even yours D D Gipson and [...] gibson

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