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Nashville 4^th June 1816.

The undersigned beg leave to represent
to your excellency, that at the late
sitting of the circuit court of the county
of Davidson they appeared as counsel for
John Bowden who was charged with re-
ceiving stolen goods to the amount
of about twenty dollars, & that on his
trial he was found guilty by the jury -
They further represent that the said
John Bowden is about fifty five years
of age that he has a family of
children, that he is poor, and that
in the fifty five years which the prisoner
has lived, he has never ^before been charged
with any crime - The undersigned would
further represent that in their opinion
the public good will not be subserved
by the infliction of corporal punishment
imprisonment or fine on so aged &
indigent a man. They undersigned there
fore pray your excellency to grant
your pardon to the prisoner -

very respectfully.

Felix Grundy
Alfred Balch.

His Excellency
Jo^s M^cMinn Esq^r

I am of opinion that John Bowden is a
proper subject for the exercise of the clemency
of the Executive 6^th June 1816

A. B. Heyes

May Term