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To his Excellency A.B. Moore governor of the state of Alabama The undersigned citizens of this county of Shelby State of Alabama humbly petitioning showeth unto your honor That at the March Term 1857, of the circuit court for said county a forfeiture was taken against one William Davis and George R Vasser on a proper purporting to the bond of the said William Davis & George Vasser for the sum of one hundred dollars upon which on the 18th day of August 1857, a [?] was issued which was exempted on the said Vasser on the 2nd day of September 1857, and by the Sheriff returned not found as to Davis and at the September Term 1857 of said court the said Vasser plead that said bond or undertaking was not suff =icient to authorize a judgment. The said bond or undertaking is in words and figures follows "The state of Alabama Shelby Country 1st November 1856, Mr William Davis and George R Vasser agree to pay to the state of Alabama one hundred dollars unless the said William Davis appear at the next term of the circuit court of Shelby County and from term to term their offer untill discharged by law to answer on indictment pending in said court against him for William his x mark Davis George R. Vassser [illegible] W. P. Reeves Sheriff upon said plea the said Vasser by his attorney moved the court to quash said bond which motion was by the said court overruled and there being no other proof than said bond the court gave judgement final against said Vasser for the said sum of one hundred dollars and the costs there in which

said judgment is still subsisting and execution thereon is now in the hands of the sheriff of said county. Your petitioners would further represent to your honor that the officer with which said Davis was charged was a simple offroy in which no damage was done. Davis was poor and has absconded Davis & Vasser were each carpenters by trade. The sympathies common with brethren of the same trade alone caused the said Vasser to become the bait for said Davis. The said Vasser is poor and has a family dependent upon him for support and with difficulty if at all could[?] make bonds necessary to take said case to the supreme court Petitioners therefore pray your excellency to remit the damages in said case as they will ever pray Jany 2nd 1858

Wilie H Pope (Clerk Circuit Court) of M M Cl[?] Judge of Probate James. T. Leeper Samuel Leeper