<title type="main">Harvey Clarke to James F. Robinson

To His Excellency H The Governorof the Commonwealth of Kentucky Your Petitioner Harvey Clark would most respectfully state that he was found guilty of manslaughter in the Marion Circuit at the May Term of said Court 1860 and he was in Consequence thereof, sente^n^ced Confinement in the Jail and Penitentiary of this Commonwealth for the space of ten years --

He states that he was much intoxicated at the time of said alleged manslaughter and themankilled was also drinking. He was & is poor, had no friends and had not been living as long in the County when the aforesaid occurrence took place -- Says he has always been an industrious man but poor. He has been confined in the Penitentiary now since June 1860 -- His family is very poor. He has a wife 4 daughters & three sons one of which is so severly afflicted as to be unable to labour ^but^ verry little --

Owing to the hardness of the times and the lack of demand for labor his children cannot get employment and are therefore hard run to make a living=

He has suffered greatly in body and mind since since he has been in the Penitentiary and he thinks the Keeper will say has served the State faithfully --

He is pretty well advanced in life and has all the desire that a husband and father could have to be relieved from the prison and restored to his family=He is greatly wasted in flesh

and his hair is rapidly growing gray not so much from age as from the sorrows incident to his condition

If the punishment he has endured has been inflicted only to teach him to guard against vice and crime he is satisfied he has endured enough, to make him a temperate and discreet man the balance of his life and feels sure that if your Excellency will inquire of those who know what his conduct has been since he has been sentenced you will have reason to believe this declaration well grounded=

He prays your Excellency most sincerely to pardon his affense and remit the Judgment rendered against him and as in duty bound will ever pray &c

Harvey Clarke --

We the undersigned jurors who sat upon and tried the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky against Harvey Clarke concur in his petition for reprieve and pardon Nov 6th 1862

John Russel Juremon Robert Belle Juryman Thos R Begley Jury Man Benedick Ford one of the Jury Ben Wheatleay one of the Jurman Loyd Thompson one of the Jury Elias Russell one of the Jury M. J. Cecilone of the Jury 11

We the undersigned join in the prayer for the pardon of Harvey Clark

Wm Warren H. W. Purdy C Beiler J. D. Grant. J. J. Varen Chas Savage Jeb H Bailey William Mattingly Dr. C. H. Porter B Edmonds James N Fogle one of Mr Clarks counsel John Shuck one of Clarks counsel Thos. C. Woods -- same " N. T. Barry Ck of the court at the time of trial J. C Maxwell James M Muller A. S. Montgomery Ben Walker Uriah Gaston Jr Elias Webb H. Johnton Jno R. Thomas T H Chandler

Harvey Cla^r^k Pettn for Pardon

Held for further consideration & facts found upon Jury

Marion Cir Ct Pardon granted 17 Jany 1863 J F Robinson

10 yrs. Penty IssdJany 17 1863