To his excellency beriah Magoffin Governor of the commonwealth of Kentucky

your petitioner James C Frashier states that at the July Term 1860 ^of the Greenup Circuit Court^ he was fined the sum of $500. for and assault on the person of Joseph Gardner -- he states at the time of said Trial he was unable to attend said Court that a very short time before said court he accidently got a nail stuck in his foot which came very near takeing his life that at the time of said trial he was perfectly unable to travel that he resided in Lawrence county some forty five miles distant from said court_ he states that he made no defense to said prosecution -- he states if he had been thaere that he could have shewn by proof that he was justifiable in said assault that said Gardner as had been represented had been circulating in Kentucky abilition Books and had maltreated your petitioner your petitioner give said Gardner a two not doing but little injury. your petitioner is very poor. he believes and knows that a fair trial before an unprejudiced jury with the facts he could have proven and would have produced if he had been able to attend his trial ^a different result would ahve happened -- ^ he states that he employed council to attend ^to^ his cause and owing to circumstances he was unable in was not present at said trial -- he