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A. I did.
3d.
A. I did.
4th.
A. I did not.
5th.
A. I did.
Special:
Were you present when the case of Littleton Harris was
considered by your board; if yea, state fully what occurred?
A. I was present with Mr. Harris two days during ses-
sions; the first day he appeared and took the oath, and the
board unanimously believed that he was disloyal and not fit
to be registered .is a loyal roan: on the second day, Mr.
Harris came enquiring why his name was not registered in
the loyal column, and we answered him, saying that lie was
by the witness of public repute a rebel: he then proposed to
give testimony that public repute in his case was not right,
and summoned Mr. Colmore McCready to prove the same,
and Mr. McCready was legally sworn, and gave favorable
testimony of the loyalty of Littleton Harris; so much so that
he got a "majority of the board to put In's name in the loyal
column, and he was told by a member of the board that his
name was entered into the loyal column purely by the evi-
dence of Colmorc McCready.
2d. Did you have any conversation privately with Mr.
Harris on the day he was registered as a qualified voter ? If
yea, state fully that conversation?
A. I had no private conversation with him, either within
doors or out.
Cross-examination.
1st. Before whom did you and your colleagues take the
oath of office ?
A. We all took the oath before .Mr. Duer, in Princess
Anne, at one time.
2d. Who were your colleagues?
A. Benjamin S. Maddox and James H. Garvin.
3d. When .Mr. Harris appeared the first lime and took
the oath, why was not the Board then satisfied that he was
entitled to vote ?
A. Because the witness of public repute said otherwise.
4th. Who was the witness of public repute?
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