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To His Excellency Governor Robison
s 1863
Your Petitioner, Benjamin Huffman, of Fayette County Kentucky, was on Tuesday last fined, in the Lexington City Court, the sum of fifty dollars for the offense of carrying concealed weapons. I made no defense to the charge as it is true that I did carry the weapon; but it was done under the following circumstances which I hope you will think sufficiently extenuating in their character to induce you to excuse me for this time. About two months since I came to Lexington as a witness in a case in Court: I was at a neighbors house before I started and foolishly put his postol in my pocket; after I had been in Lexington a while I got to drinking and when at the House at which I eat dinner, I met with Mr. Diamond the Captain of the Night Watch & he was showing a pistol which he said was a very fine one. I thereupon pulled out the one I had, and which belonged to my neighbor John Winchester, & showed him what a fine one I had.
I do not own a pistol myself & am not in the habit of carrying any weapon. I on said day raised no disturbance with any one & offered to shoot no one. This is the whole case and in view of the fact that I will have to pay about $26 -- costs, I trust that you will think that this will punish me sufficiently and that you will remit the said fine.
B,, F,, Huffman
We recommend that the above named fine inflicted upon Benjamin Huffman be remitted.
M Polk
V. A. Gaines
J. T. Pratt
Geo. E Pruett
J, F, Beatty
J C Innes
R A Buckner
W A Dudley
W D Boswell
J B Norton
Fine Remitted
J F Robinson
$50. } Weapons
Enclosed
B. F. Huffman
Issd