Early Governors' Papers

with expressing the Jury Could but return a Verdict of "Guilty Your petitioners will Conclude with expressing a most earnest & sincere desire & prayer that your excellency grant to the said James Aclins a reprieve and offer it as there oppinion that the condemed is a most fit object for the interposition of executive clemency and with wishing that your Excllency will accord with them in oppinion

Names 1 Solomon Walker 2 Silas Tavier 3 J Robertson 4 William Taylor 5 Joseph Timmons 6 A V Winter 7 Benjamin F. Graves 8 Meril Caraway 9 Daniel J Guthrie 10 Wm L Clemmons 11 Wm Staunt 12 John M [Bayre?] Josiah Chandler 13 Thomas Terrell 14 J. N. Drake 15 John oneal 16 J [Bludsworth?] 17 John [R Grary?]

Names Samuel Thomason 18 Jas M Crutchfield - 19 David Thomas - 20 John Guthrie - 21 E R Vewson - 22 W^m H White - 23 Joel Watkins - 24 J. R Altworth -25 Benjamin Askin - 26 W. h. Winter - 27 W^m Hendin - 28 W^m Duke - 29 Sion Dukes - 30 W^m Bilbro - 31 Eliere Steweard - 32 Creed Pendleton - 33 Morris Brewer - 34 Samuel S P. Chandler 35 Thomas F Cawthiom 36