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ing-house of J. E., in said county of, and State of, on the day of next (18 ), between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon, and that the taking of said deposition, if not completed on that day, will be continued from day to day, at the same place and between the same hours, until completed.

R. M. S.,
Governor of

Executed April 9th, 1859, by delivering a true copy of the within notice to C. S. M., Governor of the Commonwealth of

G. H. J., Dept. Marshal,
For T. R. D., Marshal

District.

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Deposition of J. R., a witness, de bene esse, produced, sworn, and examined at the dwelling-house of J. E., in the county of, State of - 18 between the hours

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day of

of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon, before me, a commissioner of the United States for the district of in a certain cause now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, wherein the State of is complainant and the State of is defendant, on the part of the complainant.

J. R., of lawful age, being produced, sworn, and examined on the part of the complainant, deposes and says:

I reside in ; am in my eighty-fourth year, according to the best of my information about my age.

[Testimony on direct and cross examination.]

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I, G. W., a commissioner of the United States for the district of, do hereby certify that J. R., the deponent, whose place of residence is in was by me sworn to testify the whole truth of his knowledge touching the matter in controversy in the cause aforesaid; that deponent was examined, and his examination reduced to writing, and subscribed by said deponent in my presence, on the day of eight hundred and

in the year of our Lord one thousand at the dwelling-house of J. E., pursuant to the accompanying notice, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon, in deposition is herewith returned.

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Commissioner of the United States for the District of

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I, J. H., clerk of the District Court within and for the trict of, do hereby certify that G. T. W., before whom the foregoing deposition was taken, and who has appended his certificate to the same, was at that time, and still is, a commissioner of the United States of America for the district of -, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to said certificate is genuine.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixe·l the seal of said court, at the city of in said district, this day of, A. D. 18

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COMMISSIONER'S FEES:

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J. H., Clerk.

No. 29.

Motion.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
OCTOBER TERM, 18

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moves the court to order, that depositions may be taken in this cause within days from and after the day of

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18 ; and that all depositions hereafter taken shall be returned to the clerk's office and filed, as soon as the taking thereof shall be completed, and be opened forthwith by the clerk.

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Know ye, that in confidence of your prudence and fidelity, we have appointed you a commissioner, and by these presents do give you full power and authority diligently to examine any person or persons who may appear before you, upon their respective oaths or affirmations before you to be taken, as witnesses in a certain cause now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, wherein the State of is complainant, and defendant, touching the premises.

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And we do hereby require you to reduce the testimony to writ ing, and to close it up under your hand and seal, directed to

-, clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washing

ton City, D. C., and that you return the same when executed as above directed, annexed to this writ, with the title of the cause indorsed on the envelope of the commission, unto the said Supreme Court, before the justices thereof, with all convenient speed. Chief Justice of the Supreme

Witness the Honorable
Court of the United States, the

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Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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moves the court to order that the taking of testimony by both parties be closed within days, and that all depositions which have been or may be taken shall be filed within be opened forthwith by the clerk.

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Of Counsel for Complainant.

No. 32.

Injunction.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SS.

The President of the United States of America, to the State of -, its Officers, Agents, and Servants,

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Whereas, the State of, complainant, has lately exhibited. its bill of complaint before the Supreme Court of the United States

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at Washington, against you, the said State of ——, defendant, praying relief touching the matter therein mentioned, and whereas, by an order of the said Supreme Court made in said cause on the day of A. D. 18 it was ordered that a preliminary injunction should issue, under the seal of the said Supreme Court, to restrain the said State of its officers, agents, and servants, that they and each and every of them do henceforth desist and refrain from [insert the words of the order].

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Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States.

No. 33.

Suggestion for Writ of Prohibition.

Be it remembered, that on the twenty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, before the Honorable John Rutledge, Chief Justice, and his associates, Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, at Philadelphia, comes Samuel B. Davis, by Benjamin R. Morgan, his attorney, and gives this Honorable Court now here to understand and be informed, That whereas, by the Laws of Nations and the treaties subsisting between the United States and the Republic of France, the trial of prizes taken on the high seas without the territorial limits and jurisdiction of the United States, and brought within the dominions and jurisdiction of the said Republic for legal adjudication, by vessels of war belonging to the said sovereignty of the said Republic, acting under the authority of the same, and of all questions incidental thereto, does of right and exclusively belong to the tribunals and judiciary establishments of the said Republic, and to no other tribunal or tribunals, court or courts, whatsoever; and whereas, by the said Laws of Nations and treaties aforesaid, the

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