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Carthage Tennessee 28th Septr. 1819
His Excellency
This will be handed you
by a young man whose name is Parsons. his business is to
carry you a Petition for the pardon of a young man
who was found Guilty of man slaughter and and sentenced to be Brand
=ed, the small acquaintance I have with you emboldens me
to address you on the subject, I live within two miles of where
the man was killd. I was present at the trial first had before
two Justices and I [illegible] declare to you that the Testimony was
such that had I have been one of the Justices I would
have discharged the prisoner. but sir one of the Justices who
committed him was connected by marriage to the man killd. and
no Bail would be taken. This Justice and the man killd. has a large
connection of relatives in the county which would have been a
sufficient cause for changing the venue but the prisioner being
confident of his Justification went into the trial I believe
there was not more than five or six witnesses and three of them
men the son of the man killd. who went with their father near
a Quarter of a mile purposely to see that there father would
come and Triumphant in the intended contest. I heard all this
Testimony on the next morning after the fatal wounds were given
which was convincing proof to me of Mr [Flands?] Justification
a large number of signers are to this petition nearly all
the grand Jury who found the Bill amongst them are a number
of your acquiaintances. should your Excellency grant a pardon I
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