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To His Excellency, Beriah MaGoffin, Governor of the Comth. of Kentucky:
Your Petitioner, Owen Conway, would respectfully represent and state, that at the
He states he was a working hand on a Turnpike Road near Carlisle, and kept some whiskey in his shanty -- on one or two occasions he let a fellow labourer or two have some of his whiskey, and they paid him for it, knowing he was poor and not able to let them have whiskey for nothing. Your petitioner did not know it was an offence against the penal laws, and had no idea of being presented for it: but one of his countrymen fell out with ^him^ and maliciously went before the Grand Jury and presented him.
Your petitioner says he is poor, and has a family, and it will greatly oppress him to be compelled to pay it: He therefore, respectfully solicits Your Excellency to remit said fine, and will ever pray &c
Carlisle,
Owen Conway.
The undersigned citizens of Nicholas County respectfully unite in requesting the Governor to remit the fine mentioned in the foregoing Petition. We know Mr. Conway, and believe him to be an orderly, sober and good conditioned Irishman,
is poor, and has a wife and three children to support-
William Howell
W J. Still
BenjFEdwards
B. S. Miller
Jno A. Campbell
Charles Neal
J. B. Holladay
W. W. Howard
A. J. Banta
C W Congleton
Oscar. F. Orr
Joel Howard
F W
M Berry
I J Ostill
Rob t C. Hall
Nelson Hedd
Thomas Banton
Elizah Coons
Nicholas Cir Ct
$60. } Tipling
O. Conway
Issd
Respite 12 Mos
B. M