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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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56
ANNE, 5TH ELECTION DIST., 1
December 26th, 1865. $
The undersigned deponent, being duly sworn before Edward
F. Duer, Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and
for Somerset County, deposeth and saith, in answer to the first
question,
1. That he was present at two different limes for about an
hour each time;
In answer to the second question,
2. That Samuel B. D. Jones, Littleton Polk and James M.
Dryden were the Judges, and John W. Polk and William H.
Brown were the Clerks ;
In answer to the third question,
3. That it so believed in this community, and neither has
been nor will be denied, I presume, by any one. The truth of
the allegation is admitted by all;
In answer to the fourth question,
4. That the first time I visited the polls, there was quite a
feeling around the Judges in regard to the vote of a certain
Levin Thomas Parker, whose name was registered as Thomas
Parker, being generally known by that name, and there being no
other person of that name in the district; he had already been
rejected, and was making the second proffer of his ballot when I
saw him, but the Judges refused to receive it. I did not take
any part in the discussion, nor made any effort to persuade the
Judges to take_his vote, as I believed they acted properly in the
matter, but I was near enough to bear the ground of their objec-
tion, which was that Levin Thomas Parker's name was not upon
the list. Just about this time, about half-past eleven o'clock,
Mr. Henry W. Potter came to me and said that his vote had
been rejected, on the ground that it was improperly registered,
being put upon the list as William Potter, as I was acquainted
with all the circumstances of the case, he requested me to state
them for him to the Judges. I went with him to Mr, Polk, the
chief Judge, and told him that I came at Mr. Potter's request,
solely, to state that, when the list was first published in the
Somerset Herald, Mr. Potter's name was registered as William
Potter; that Mr. P. came to me and asked why he was not
registered; I told him I thought there was a mistake, and advised
him to write to the Registers; he did so, and the Registers
wrote me 3 note stating that the name William Potter was
intended for Henry W. Potter, and instructing me to make the
change, which I did. Mr. Polk's answer to me was, (hat all
this might be true, he did not doubt bat that it was as 1 said,
but that he was sworn not to let any man vote whose name was

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