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Personly appeared before the undersigned authority Edward Jenkins and being by me duly sworn upon oath sayers - that on the 4th day of June AD. 1868. [[strikethrough]] w [[/strikethrough]] he was at the Court house. [[strikethrough]] and present in the room [[/strikethrough]] when Justice John M Beavers. was holding his Court. [[strikethrough]] and heard Mr Beavers. [[/strikethrough]] having been called upon by the Sheriff as one of the guard to bring the prisoners from the jail  And when he had brought part of them from jail to Justice Beavers Court room he  [[strikethrough]] h [[/strikethrough]] and one John J Smith together. with John P Jones Sheriff. went back to the jail after.  [[strikethrough]] mor [[/strikethrough]] other prisoners, that they returned in twenty or thirty minutes, The Sheriff, myself and J. J. Smith, took prisoners up stairs. to Beavers room  The Sheriff [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] immediately went below. [[strikethrough]] Then. [[/strikethrough]] after he got up to Justices Beavers. room he heard him say, "Mr Sayers I fine you fifty dollars. at which time he knows. that. the Sheriff was not there, and when Mr Beavers said Mr. Sheriff arrest Mr Sayers., I. looked for the Sheriff and knows he was not in the room  Soon after Mr Beavers leaving the room went out into the main

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