Early Governors' Papers

Rogersville Hawkins County 8^d May 1819

To his Excellency Joseph McMin Govern is in and over the State of tennessee the subscribsber [sic] your petitionsers [sic] most respectfully represent to your Excellency that on Saturday the 8 day of May in the Supreme Court Held in Rogersville Petter Blake aged about 18 or19 years was convicted of Petit Larceny and sentenced to receive ten stripes on his bare back Your petitioners state that from the [illegible -ner?] in which he was detected by the store keeper pursued him being ask for the property says a pair of ladys slippers he did not deny having them but told the store keeper he should be up presently and pay him for them from the evidence it appears the fellony was commited in open day light in the presense [sic] of many people and the said Peter Blake went about town from house to house and never atemted [sic] to make of [sic] with them which induce your petitioners to believe that efects [sic] intoxsacasion [sic] might have prompted him to the perpetration on of offence while your petitioners abhor the crime of Drunkness and do not consider it an excuse General speaking for the comiting any offence yet in a youth like him not lost intirely [sic] in it your petitioners state that he has Decended [sic] from

respecful [sic] parantag (parenting) [sic] in this neighbourhood his mother died when he was small his father married again and moved to kentucky and left him in this place Your Excellency therfore in extening [sic] your mercy to said Peter Blake by granting him your Pardon will greatly Relieve the anxiety of his connection and your petitioners the said Peter Blake is now lying in Rogersville jail is to be sent to Greeneville to Receive his punishment on the 8 day of June next 1819 Your petitioners as in duty bound and will pray &c

John [Lorne?] Wm Dicksen DO Ro [Anelson?] W^m R Vance W^m [A Clere?] James R Isbell Do John A Dewoody Do Wm Dewoody Do Robert Maloney Do John Kennedy John Anderson Do Allen Brown Do George Brown Do

Joel [Dryden?] James Hays John Goss David Rice James Morrow John Morrow John Davis Stephen Allexander Tho allexander Wm Allexander [? allexander]