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To his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky

We the undersigned Citizens of the county of Gallatin State of Kentucky would respectfully represent your Exellency that at the last term of the Gallatin Circuit Court Charles Williams was fined twenty dollars and cost upon a charge of Gaming at the time of the sd Trial the sd Williams was absent had no atty and his plea of not guilty was not made he could not attend the court from the fact that he was engaged as pilot on a Visit in the United States Service on the Mississippi he says that he has not been guilty at any time of any description of gameing and never does engage in gameing of any sort from our knowledge of his well known moral character and varasity we believe his Statements and think he was not guilty and as the indictment was found upon the testimony of a Single witness we think the whole proceeding has Occurred by mistake

We therefore ask that his fine to the Commonwealth be remitted

James,, S, McHatton Frank W. Bacon Wm F. Hilton Thomas Sacre D, P, Ginn H, Sebree Dr John T Robinson -- J H Gilbson R L Ireland L Graves T. M. Sineback Jno D Culliam C W Farris Jonathan Tyson Wm R Ermis Jas Redman W C Sleet