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To His Excelency James F. Robertson
Governor of Kentucky

Your undersigned petitioners State that the undersigned W. F Roberson is a pracising Physicean in Pulaski county Kentucky and as such Generally keeps on hands liquors for medical purposes and that the neighbours are in the habit of getting their medicinal liquor from him that on the [...] day of June 1863 having been brought up on a warrant before the Honorable Judge of the Pulaski county Court upon a charge of selling contrary to law was fined ($60.) Sixty dollars Now your Petitioners States that while they do not impute fault to the officers of the law, they Still think it a verry hard case and regret the findings exceedingly the state that they do not belive the Doctor ever intended to violate the law but admit that he has been on some occasions too easily persuaded out of drams by particular friends but they have no knowledge of any getting drunk or tipling about his house they State that it has been a great advantage to neighbourhood and they know of no evil resulting to the country from his keeping the liquor they further State that the Doctor is a cripple and has a

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considerable family to Support from his profession alone and it would be a verry hard case on him to have the fine to pay and they most respectfully and earnestly pray your Excellency to remit it

[Page 3] J, W, Ferrell
Capt. C C. Kenner 1^st Ky Cavl
D. K. Willis
James Doolin
Thos Doolin
W^m Stewart
D. W. Barron
C. W. Sloan
M M Higging
Thomas Douglass
Joseph Smith
R, G, Ferrell
Peter W Sears
A. Strong
William J McQuary
M G Sweet
James Suel
Elisha Lawson
Elisha Whiteaker
J. B. Harper
Ja^s Taylor
William M^cQuary Jr
Isaac S, Evans
G M Evans
Isaac Gastineau
Marida Vires
W^m Gastineau
R Barclay
Gabe Gastineau
William Hargis
Charles Lee
Henry Catters

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Pulaski Co. Ct
Pettn to remit fine of W. F. Roberson
$60 } Tipling

Fine remitted except Ten dollars & costs

J F Robinson
W. F. Robinson
Iss July 3. 1863_