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tion held in said Allegany county, on the 6th Novem-
ber 1866?

Answer. I was.

Ry Mr. Spates:

Question. Did you or not attend at the polls in said Elec-
tion District in Allegany county, on the 6th day of Novem-
ber 1866; If so, did you then and there offer a ticket to the
Judges of election at said polls, as your vote, and was it re-
ceived or rejected; state also the name of the person printed
on said ticket, for State Senator, for whom you desired to vote
and what reason did the said Judges assign for rejecting your
vote, if they did so reject it ?

(Objected to by Dr. Ohr.)

Answer. I did go to the polls on that day and offered my
ballot to the Judges of election, and they refused to receive
it; 1 intended to vote for Alfred Spates for State Senator.

When I asked them what reason they had for rejecting my
vote, they said there were charges against me, I did not there-
fore vote.

Cross-examined by Dr. Ohr.

By Dr. Ohr :

Question. When were you registered as a voter?
Answer. In 1866.
By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did you apply for registration in 1865 ?
Answer. I did not.
By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Do you or not know that you had then been regis-
tered as disqualified for disloyalty ?

(Objected to by Mr. Spates,)
Answer. I did not.
By Dr. Ohr:

Question. Did or did not the Judges of election in Novem-
ber 1866, demand of you to take the oath prescribed in the
Constitution, Article 1, section 4, before deciding upon your
right to vote?

Answer. They did not or I would have done so.

CHARLES BEST.

Deposition No. 6.

FRANCIS MARTIN, having been by me duly sworn, deposed
and said, as follows to wit:

By Mr. Spates:

Question. What is your name, age, occupation and resi-
dence; and how long have you resided there ?