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Richard James States that he is a relation to Thomas Estes that he went to his house on sunday morning persons were presant if was said by some of them that Sanford Tomlinson had told a lie about Tom striking Charles with a rock I saw a rock being near the spot that was pointed out, as the plan that ^where^ it occured I took it examined it and shewed it to them it was ^a^ yellow rock of an oblong Shape would weigh near a pound verry different ^a^ from and considerable lighter than the lime ston I never noticed any of the kind before in that vicinity I afterwards heard Sanford Tomlinson give an exact description of the rock He regretted greatly that he did not know that I had Seen it before court It seems they at ^they^ tempted to prove there was no rocks of the kind of the ground I am willing at any time to be qualified to the above Statement
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