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To His Excellency
Ja s F. Robinson,
Governor of Kentucky:
The undersigned Petitioners, Citizens of Maysville, & Mason Co. Ky, would respectfully represent to your honor that at the
The Bonds were given for the appearance -- at a former Term of said Court of John, & Samuel Grigsby, who were Indicted for having Counterfeit money in their possession & attempting to pass the same. Neither of them were men of any learning, & probably did not know the money was counterfeit. ^These Indictments have all been filed away by the Commonwealth's Attorney..^ John Grigsby, was then, and is now (if living) a Soldier in the Federal Army, & at the Term of Court when he was to appear here -- was in the State of Tennessee, and could not get a furlough to ^come back to^ Ky. & attend Ct. Sam l Grigsby, joined the Federal Army since he was Indictment, & is still in the service.
Both the Grigsby's who are the sureties on the Bonds, are men of limited means with families of small children dependent upon them, and could not now raise the amount of the Bonds by the sale of the whole of their property.
We think these facts present a proper case for the exercise of your Executive Clemency, and respectfully petition you to remit so much of the Bond, as would go to the Commonwealth.
F, B, Trussell.
W. H Savage
T. C. Campbell
Emery Whitaker
J. K. Sunwall
Thos J. Throop
Geo. W. Dulser
Jno M Duke Jr
W W Baldwin
Keith Berry
W M Beckner
W. S, Frank
Will P. Coons
H. P. Whitaker
S. T. Hunt
J G Hickman
A. B. Cole.
Jno. R. Clarke
H. Taylor
Mason Cir Ct
Pettn of Citizens of Maysville for remission of forfeiture of Grigsbys
$600 } Forfeiture
One half remitted of amt of bonds. Remainder & costs to be collected
J F Robinson
Issd1863