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district at the election on the 6th of November last; if so,
where was the election held and how conducted ?

Answer. I acted as Judge in my district on the sixth of
November last. The election was held at Altamont, and
passed off very quietly. An application was made to the Com-
missioners, stating the threats in regard to hostility at the
election, and they moved the polls from Summitville to Alta-
mont.

3d Interrogatory, Were any votes refused by the Judges
on that day; if so, name whose, and your reasons for rejec-
tion ?

Answer. There were votes refused by the Judges. Patrick
Hammil, Henry Q. Hammil, Archibald C. Hammil, Henry
Hammil, Sr., Alexander Fairall, Richard J. West, George
O'Brien and Reasin Turner are the parties whose votes were
rejected. There was a list of these names handed to me,
challenging their votes; also, when I was register, there was
evidence appeared against Patrick Hammil, Henry Hammil,
Sr., and George O'Brian, the notes of which testimony were
in my possession. The Constitutional oath was offered them,
but they would not take it, and their votes were rejected.

Cross-examined for Contestants.

1st Interrogatory. Who was register in District No. 1 for
1866?

Answer. Jonathan H, Wilson signed the list as register.

2d Interrogatory. You did not know any one else to act
as register for that district in 1866 ?

Answer. I did not.

3d Interrogatory. Did he not register the aforementioned
persons as qualified voters in 1866?

Answer. Their names were on the list handed the Judges
on the morning of election, by Mr. Wilson, as register.

4th Interrogatory. Did you not say, in the city of Cumber-
land, previous to the election, that Patrick Hammill should
not vote ?

Answer. I have no recollection of having said anything of
the kind.

5th Interrogatory. Did you not say, in the city of Cum-
berland, previous to the election, that Patrick Hammil had
said, on a previous occasion, that in less than 30 days the
graybacks would be as thick as blackberries in the State of
Maryland, and therefore should'nt vote?

Answer. I have no recollection of making a remark of the
kind, in that way.

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