Petition from Jurors and Citizens of Carroll County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Benjamin G. Humphreys; Undated

State of Mississippi Circuit Court Carroll County October Term 1866

To His Excellency B G Humphreys Governor of the State of Mississippi

The undersigned jurors who convicted W M Carpenter at the present term of said court of the crime of Bigamy, in consideration of the extreme youth of said Carpenter at the time the offence was committed & in consideration of the whole evidence in the case pray your Excellency to pardon said Carpenter -

C C Stevenson K. K. Bean Juror U. B. Tabor Juror [Tol?[ Weed Juror R L. Burrentine Juror R. H. Walker Peter, Ryan not a juror Jas. H. Rowman - Jurour John, [?] H J. Hanks S. T. Clement [deleted]A H Beler[/deleted] Le [Huford?] P. L. Hightower

We the following citizens of Carroll County join the above named jurors in their prayer for Executive clemency in behalf of William M Carpenter convicted of Bigamy as above stated -

D. S. McDugald S. J. Hughes Sam Stanford H. C. Callie S. S. W??d W. F. Beeler Dave R. Russell W_m J Booth W L Jarvis Henry Dunn B. Strolmon B J Davis Depty Circuit Clk F. R. Streater J. H. alford ? Se??? G. C. Wood Lewis G. W Rush W. H. Wilson J. M. Busby Sam Colburn J. C. Johnton E. Dale G G Raney B T Johnston G R Shelton

A H Beler W. W. Willims ? Tabor J H Dean J. C. Ferguson P M Hansbrough J. E Moore T. Hawks B J Lott H. Layton W. S. Lee C. Haselden P K Woods A ? Terry J R Hughes Ja_s B. Blessit M F Corley S T Long