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To his Excellency Joseph M^cMinn -
Governor in and over the state of Tennessee

Wee [sic] the memorial of the undersigned beg leave to represent
that a certain James Currier has been lately convicted of Petty
Larceny in the County Court of Blount County and judgment
rendered against him from which he appealed to ^the Circuit
Court of S^d County where he has been again convicted and
Judgment rendered against him but the undersigned understanding
that a petition is a [but?] to be presented to your Excellency
for a [?] representing s^d Currier as an honest Man
on that the brine of which he is convicted is the first or only
one we think it our duty to state to your Excellency
from the Conclusivee manner in which the fact has been stated
that there so many [glorin?] [?] Circumstances of as not to admit of
any doubt of his being on [do?] offender [anumber?] of the undersigned
man and frequently quietly of such ^petty offences but iwth all
Indifference to your Excellency We are of the oppinnion [sic] that
he should not be pardoned

We the grand jury now emobided this 8th day of August 1816
Sign for ourselves
George Berry foreman
Jn^o. P. Montgomery
Alex^r. [?]
Thomas S. Warren
George Mizer
George Caylor
John Rankin
Frederick Rush
John Reagan
John Eagleton

Jo^s. Stephenson
Hugh Weir
Banner Shields