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Frederick County Sct. The State of Maryland To Henry Locker of
Boonsborough Washington County and State aforesaid
Gentleman Greeting you are appointed Commissioner
to examine Evidences in a cause depending in Frederick
County Court between Peter Brengle Appellant and George
French Appellee. Therefore you are hereby required
having first taken the oath hereto annexed and also administered the annexed
Oath to the person whom you shall appoint as Clerk to attend the execution
of this Commission that at such time and place as to you shall soon
convenient you cause to come before you all such Evidences as shall be
named and produced to you by either the Appellant or Appellee and that
you examine them on their corporal Oaths to be by you adminstered
uopon the holy Evangely of the Almighty God touching their knowledge or
rememberance of any thing that may relate to the cause aforesaid and
that you cause notice to be given to the parties or their Attornies of the
execution of this Commission before you execute the same and having
reduced the Depositions of the Witnesses so taken by you into writing
you send the same with this Commission close under your hand and
seal to the said County Court with all convenient speed Witness John
Buchanan Esquire Chief Judge of this said Court the first day
of February 1813. Issued the 23^d day of March 1813.

Richard Potts. Atty. for Appellant
Roger B. Taney Atty. for Appellee

W^m Ritchie Clerk

Commissioners Oath -- You shall according to the best of your
skill and knowledge truly faithfully and without partiality to any or either
of the parties take the examinations and depositions of all and
every Witness and Witnesses produced and examined upon the Interro
-gatories now or which may hereafter before the said Commission
is closed be produced to and left with you by either of the said
parties

So help you God.
Sworn before George Nichols