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Deposition No. 27.

WM. Moon, being duly sworn, deposed and said as follows,
to wit:

By Mr. Devecmon :

1st Question. What is your name, age, residence, and oc-
cupation ?

Answer. My name is William Moon; age 53; live in Dist.
No. 10, Allegany county, and a farmer,

2d Question. When were you registered?

Answer. In September, 1866, in District No. 10.

3d Question. Did you attend the election held in District
No. 10, Allegany county, Maryland, November 6, 1866; did
you offer to vote and was your vote accepted or rejected;
whose names were on your ticket as candidates for House of
Delegates ?

Answer. I attended said election, offered to vote; the
Judges refused to take my vote, never saying why, and bring-
ing no charge against me; they never offered to swear me ;
the names on my ticket as candidates for House of Delegates,
were Wm. A. Bryden, Wm. Devecmon, George W. McCul-
loh, John McElfish, and Patrick Hammil.

Cross-examined by Mr, Brown.

1st Question. Why did you not register in 1865 ?
Answer. I knew nothing of it until too late to register.

WILLIAM MOON.

Deposition No. 28.

JOHN L. BROWNING, being duly sworn, deposed and said as
follows, to wit:
By Mr. Devecmon ;

1st Question. What is your name, age, residence and occu-
pation ?

Answer. My name is John L. Browning; age, 57; live in
in District No. 15, Allegany county, Md.; and by occupation
a farmer.

2nd Question. When did you register ?
Answer. In September, 1866, in District No. 15,
3rd Question. Did you attend the election held in District
No. 10, Allegany county, Maryland, November 6, 1866, did
you offer to vote; was your vote accepted or rejected; and
whose names were on your ticket as candidates for House of
Delegates ?

Answer. I attended said election; offered to vote, but the