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Mercer County [set? sct?]

The Common Wealth of
Kentucky ag^t Joseph Conway as a Fugitive
from Justice upon a Charge for stealing
a Negroe Man Slave the property of Robert
Boyce - Be it Remembered that on ^the
5^th day of Ap^l. 1816 In pursuance of
a Summons in behalf of the Common
Wealth ^of for Robert Boyce, Jesse Scott, James
H Scott, Elly Scott, & George Stegal, as
Witnesses to give Testimony touching the aforesaid
Charge of Felony ag.^t the said Joseph
Conway a Fugitive from Justice personal
-ly the following witness who deposeth as
followeth to wit Rob^t. Boyce saith
that on the night of the 20^th seventeenth day of
March last a Negroe Man Slave by the
name of Warner was taken out of his
possession without his knowledge or con-
sent which Boy [t]he said Boyce pur-
chased of William Stapp on the 23^rd day of