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Cross-examined ly Mr. Ohr.
Question by Dr. Ohr :

When were you registered as a voter ?

Answer. In August, 1866, I think.

Question by Dr. Ohr:

Did you apply for registration in 1865 ?

Answer. I did not.

Question by Dr. Ohr :

Do you or not know that you had then been registered as
disqualified for disloyalty?

Answer. No, sir, I did not.

Question by Dr. Ohr :

Did or did not, the Judges of Election in November, 1866,
demand of you to take the oath prescribed in the Constitu-
tion, Article 1, section 4, before deciding upon your right to
vote ?

Answer. They required of me take the oath, or an oath—
whether it was that oath or not, I can't say, for they did not
tell me.

A. C. HAMMIL.

Deposition No. 14.

JOHN J. WHIRREL, having been by me duly sworn, deposed
and said as follows, to wit :

By Mr. Spates : .

Question. What is your name, age, occupation and residence,
and how long have you lived there?

Answer. My name is John James Whirrel, age, 23 years,
occupation farmer, and live in Election District No. 10, Alle-
gany county, Maryland, and have lived there twenty years,

Question by Mr. Spates ;

Were you registered as a voter prior to the election held in
said Allegany county, on the 6th of November, 1866 ?

Answer. I was.

Question by Mr. Spates :

Did you or not attend at the polls in said election
district on the 6th November, 1866; and if so, did you then
and there offer a ticket to the Judges of Election at said polls
as your ballot, and was it received or rejected; state also the
name of the person printed on said ticket for State Sena-
tor, for whom you desired to vote; and what reason did the
said Judges assign for rejecting your vote, if they did so reject
it?

Answer. I went to the polls in that district on said day and
offered my ballot to the Judges of Election, and they refused
to receive it. My ballot had on it for State Senator the name
of Alfred Spates. The reason the Judges assigned for refus-
ing my vote was, that I had said in 1865 that I thought the