of lawful age, being sworn and on the examined on the part of the Plaintiff— deposeth and saith— That some time in the month of October in the year eighteen hundred and forty one Mr was going to for the purpose of purchasing groceries for the church or for some individuals in it but— certainly not for himself, and he told me that if I would send Money along with him he would bring some groceries up for me. I accordingly sent five Dollars for myself. and twelve and a half Dollars for the , for which we have neither of us received any remuneration. I have been informed that the groceries have been forcibly detained in as the property of Mr , whereas I know that they were not his property but the property of other individuals, he being employed to do the business

I a within and for the County of do hereby certify that the deponent, whose place of residence is in the State of Illinois was by me sworn to testify the whole truth of his knowledge touching the [p. [1]]