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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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58
In answer to the ninth question,
9. I did vote in the said Fifth District, and for Thomas A.
Spence for Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of Maryland.
Written and subscribed by
THOMAS S. HODSON.
PRINCES ANNE, 5TH ELECTION DIST., )
January 1st, 1866. )
The undersigned, being duly sworn before Edward F. Duer, a
Justice of the Peace, of the State of Maryland, in and for Som-
erset County, deposeth and saith in answer to the first question :
1st. I was present frequently between the hours of 10 A. M.
and 2 P. M.
2d, That Samuel B. D. Jones, Littleton Polk, and James M.
Dryden were the Judges, John W. Polk and William H. Brown
were the Clerks.
3d. That it is so believed in this community, and neither has
been nor will be denied, I presume, by any one, the truth of this
allegation.
4th. Such paper they had, and stated that that paper was their
guide, and should be governed by it alone. They did refuse the
votes of several persons, assigning as a reason the omission of
some letter of their names, or portion of their name on the said
list.
5th. They did, from the time the polls were opened up to about
the hour of one o'clock; after about that time the list was disre-
garded in toto.
6th. They received votes without regard to the list of regis-
tered voters, and up to the time of such disregard of the list,
the votes were certainly largely in favor of Judge Spence.
7th. I saw the list which the Judges had before them, but did
not examine it, supposing-, of course, that it was a correct list;
they, the Judges, asserting that it was their guide; have no
knowledge upon which I could certify other than this.
8th. I am a registered and qualified voter in Princess Anne,
the 5th Election District of Somerset County, Maryland.
9th. I did vote and cast my ballot for Thomas A. Spence for
Circuit Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Maryland.

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