Ely Dorsey v. Samuel Stoner's Heirs, 1818

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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

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we admit notice that this commission is to be executed at Boonsborough on the thirtieth of June Eighteen hundred and thirteen --

[signed]R Potts[/signed] , atty for appellant. [signed]R. B. Taney[/signed] for appellee

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Harvey Locker Boonsborough Washington County

The execution of this Com=mission appears by Cer =tain schedules to this Commission Annexed --

filed 12 February 1814

Clerks Oath -- You shall truly faithfully and without partiality to any or either of the parties in this Cause take write down and trans cribe the Depositions of all and every the witness andWitnesses produced before and examined by the Commissioner named in the within Commission so far forth as you are directed and employed by the said Commissioner to take write down and transcribe the said Depositions or any of them So help you God Sworn