To His Excellency Thomas E Bramlette Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky your Petitioner William Owens would respectfully represent unto your Excellency That at the April Term of the Knox circuit court 1865 The grand jury returned into said court an Indictment against him for keeping a Tipling House and at the September Term of said court 1865 He was found guilty of retailing & Judgment went against him for twenty dollars He States that it is true that he was working for Wm Mays in order to procure somp something upon which his family could live and during the absince of Mr Mays He did upon one or two occasions sell some ardent Spirits to some persons at the request of Mr Mays & for his benefit without realizing or expicting to realize any thing from the Sale not knowing nor even dreaming of violating law at the time of sale He was not sworn but did not know at the time that it was necissary for him to have been sworn He says that He is a very poor man having a large family and is entirely unable to pay the fine without depriving his family of the necassaries of life and as his intention was not to violate law He prays that your Excellency will in mercy remit said fine for which He will ever feel Greatful

Wm Owens