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To His Excellency J. F. Robinson
Govenor of Kentucky

Citizens of Callway Co We the undersigned would respectfully petition your Excellency that at our Late Circuit Court one A. S. M^cGuire was fined fifty dollars "for "unlawfully Shooting at another Now we are not the Judges whether the verdict is a Just one or not.= But can Say to your Excellency that McGuire is and old and infirm man. with a Large family to Support. and is unable to pay the fine, in fact he cannot pay it outside the walls of the County prison Therefore we would petition and Ask your Excellency to remit the fine against the old man M^cGuire —

[Page 2] J,, G,, M^cKnight D. C. C Circuit Court
C. H. Smith
J. B. England Clk Cty Court
E F Alexander
J J Guthrie
Dr L, V, Adcock
Willis Manning
D W Manning
J, B. Sherwood
W. J. Stubblefield
H, W, Harding
J, T, Foster
W_F. Hamilton
Henry Petty
J, N, Thrift —
John Thornton
H A Kurtz
M R Moore
J. E. Miller County Atty

Sir Send me your active response the above petition. I have not got a great many names to it — but I could get hundreds, if I thought it necessary — I presented to no one that did not assign it and say he ought to have killed the men for he was indirectly protecting his family your Respty

J. E. Miller
Cty Atty