To His Excellency
Gov^r Robinson —

Your petitioner states that soon after he came home from the battle at Wild Cat, where he was wounded, he got into a difficulty with a man in Lexington who was then acting as a policeman, for which he was fined in a sum which with the costs amounting to a $30 & some cents. He then joined his regiment at the mid battle of Millspring and having returned ^home^ from injuries then received finds the fine still impending over him —

He wishes a respite of a week or ten days in order to prepare his case for prosecution for Executive Action.release from said fine —

He has no means at present to meet the fine, though his claim for Several hundred dollars back pay, bounty money and horse hire is now on file at Washington City —.

Hugh Shannon

Sworn to and Subscribed before me by the above this 26^t June 1863 —

Lexington City Ct
$30. } Breach

The fine in this case is remitted in consequence of the Petitioners services to his Country & wounds received in that service all proven [...] of the pettnr

J F Robinson

Hugh Shannon
This fine was in City Court of Lexington
Iss^dJune 27 1863