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Negro Humphries v. Tench.
Depositions taken in another suit for freedom, by one of the same family, cannot be read in evidence as hearsay respecting the condition of their common ancestor.
Petition for freedom. The defendant offered to read the depositions in a record of Charles County Court in Maryland, in a suit for freedom, by one of the same family of negroes, as hearsay in relation to the common ancestor of that family.
Mr. Key and Mr. Caldwell, for the petitioner, objected and cited
Mr. Smith and Mr. Swann,
The Court (
Verdict for the petitioner.