His Eccelency the Govenor of the Common wealth of Kentucky your petitioner John C Baker maks known to your honor that at the Sept term of the Franklin Circuit court he was fined by an en indictment of the Grand Jury for Retayiling Spiritous Liquors contrary to law with no intention of violating the law and have Paid all the Cost there on and ther is $20 yiet due to the commonwealth and prays your honer to remit the Same

We whos names are under Signed State to your Eccelency that we ar well acquainted with your Petitioner John C Baker and Know him to be a peacable Quiet and inefencive citizen and not dispesed to violate the Law in any respect and he is a pore man and has a wife and a family of helpless Children and is unable to pay the Same with out doing to them serious injury and hope your Simpathies will be Extended to the inosent and helpless and that you will remit the Same is the prayer of your petitioners

G. H. Chism Lloyd Hackett R E Collins H B Innes F Fray H M Bedford Jno, A, Crittendene W F Parrent P. Swegns G D Ricken M D. G F hackett A, J, Duncan