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State of Texas}
County of Colorado}

Sigh Howell [[strikethrough]] Harvey [[/strikethrough]] fm.c. being duly sworn according to law doth depose & state as follows - On the evening of Thursday Decr. 12th I was standing on the pavement in front of Mr. Smith's store leaning against the sign post Mr James Sherrill was sitting in a chair along side of the [[strikethrough]] wall [[/strikethrough]] door with his back against the wall, Uncle Harry Taylor was squating down before him talking, they were talking in a low tone so low that all I could understand of it was, that it was something about Cotton seeds, I was not more than 8 feet from them 

Young Isam Tooke came out of the store & either fell or pushed Harry & told him "to go home that he was drunk"  Harry replied that he was attending to his own business & would not go"  Isam said "if you dont go I'll get the police & make you" as they were talking James Moore came along & Isam said to him "here Jim slap Harry in jail & make him pay 10$" Moore stepped up to Harry & took him by the arm & said "old man come along with me"  Harry told him he would not go with him & swung loose from him & came back & sat down & commenced talking with Mr. Sherrill again they soon finished & parted each going his own way, I did not see Harry raise his stick to [[strikethrough]] anyone [[/strikethrough]] strike any one - Young Tooke was drunk.  Harry had behaved himself properly all