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Mercer County sc

The Common Wealth of Kentucky to the Sheriff
or any Constable of Mercer County
Greeting Whereas Robert Boyce has this day made
Complaint upon Oath before me as Justice of the
peace for s^d County that he has good cause to su-
spect and does verily believe that on the night of
the 17^th Instant a Certain Joseph Conway did Feloni
-ously steal take and carry away from the possession
of him the s^d Boyce a Negroe man slave named
Warner the property of him the said Rob^t Boyce
and has fled from this state to the State of Tennessee -

There are therefore in the name of the Common Wealth af^d
to command you that you take the Said Joseph
Conway if he is to be found in your balawick and bring him
before me or some other Justice of the peace for s^d County
to Answer the Complaint Af^d and further to be
dealt with as the law directs - Given under my
hand this 23^rd day of March 1816

Jo^s Morgan J, O, M, C

Summon Robert Boyce & John Shannon
Witnesses for the Common Wealth to appear
before me and other Justices of the peace
for s^d County on Tuesday the 26^th Ins^t
at the Court House in Harrodsburg whether
the s^d Conway be found in your balawick
or not

Jo^s Morgan
[J P?]