Honey, Jeremiah

Hope &c. &c. &c.
The humble Memorial
of Jeremiah Honey of Governors Kop
Miles East of Grahams Town.

Sheweth that he was
Summoned before the Court of Landdrost
and Heemraaden on the first instant
on a charge of Smuggling, to which he
pleaded guilty, under the following
circumstances, an information laid for
the sole purpose of obtaining a fine
A Man being sent to his house under the
most apparent distress, begging in the
most vehement manner for some spirits
to refresh him on his journey, remarking
that he had some bread, which he
could carry no further, that it was of
no use to him, and that if he could obtain
a Small quantity of Spirits
to asist him on the road we should
very much oblidge him that your
Memorialist desired his wife to comply
with his request, not in the smallest
degree suspecting that any trap was
laid to ensnare him, on that he was
committing any breach of the Law.
that for this act your Memorialist was
fined in the Sum of Three Hundred Rix
Dollars and to pay the expences.

That the said Court having recommended
your Memorialist to lay his case before
your Excellency, for your known humane
consideration That your Memorialist most
humbly begs your attention to his situation
that your Memorialist has a Wife and four
Children all girls) to maintain by his industry,
that he is an agriculturalist, and has
been employed as such since his residence
in this colony. that the small property he
was enabled to bring out has been employed
in conjunction with John Marshall to
obtain a Waggon and Oxen, that they
have been employed principally in bringing
manure from Grahams Town finding
that the land would produce nothing without
that your Memorialist with the assistance
of his partner) has enclosed and
manured nearly Six acres of Land, that
some success has been the result of his
application, that the only remuneration
he has ever received has been the sale
of some Vegetables in Grahams Town
that your Memorialist has lost Eight
Cattle by the Caffres, that he was, while
at Plough, in July last wounded by
having a large Iron pin run through
his leg. that totally deprived his Wife
and family of his exertions for nearly
three Months, that he is unable to
pay any fine, as it would be attended
with the utter ruin of his family.
that your Memorialist is ready and
willing to make the most Sacred
Oath if required to the truth of this
Memorial, and that he could not
in any case suppose that he could
have offended against the Laws by
doing what he considered an Act

of charity, and your Memorialist feels
the more distressed in this case,
from the trap being laid by a person
of the name of Richard White who
knew the distress we have and are
in for want of Bread, which person
can have acted from no other motive
than that of obtaining a fine to prevent
an impending prosecution that your
Memorialist submits himself to the
humane consideration of your Excellency
and is in duty bound to pray.
Jeremiah Honey

Governors Kop near
Grahams Town April 4th 1822.

We the undersigned do firmly believe that the above
insirted memorial to be strictly correct.