Moore vs Spaight Regarding Lein on Negro 2A Packet 003

Drawer 2-A Packet 0003

Moore, C, B, 850 A.W. Spraight, Lein on negroes

E B Moore } Deposition of Plaintiff vs } Serves, and Examined A.W. Spaight } the 21^st day of Febuary in the year 1854 under and by Virtue of Interogation, performed from the Circuit Court of the State of Alabama, for Shelby County in a certain cause therein finding between Everett B Moore Plaintiff and A.W. Spaight Defendant, herein duly sworn andexamined on the first of the Defendent, doth defase and say as followsto 1st Intgyy he saith; the consideration of the note of which is the cause of actions, was for the lives of four negros forth year 1851; Intgy 2nd he saith; as to the Boys Running away I know nothing. I saw the boy at Mr J.W. Kidds, but knew nothing about how he came there, I was not there when the Boy came, that I did not construde as having any thing to do with said negros, if said negros worked on the plantation and was fed, it was by Mr Kidd, with out any orders or direction or my trust,, I can not State how how long the negros was at Mr Kidds, I sent the negros back to Mr Spaight , and he returned again to Mr Kidds3rd Intgy, he saith; when Mr Spaight applied for the negro, I was at Hapersville in Shelby County, I did object to the negro returning

to Mr Spaight best I for aforesed to take the negroes back and loose the trim upon the grounds that that negroes more so men to disatisfied, with Mr Spaight, which procrastination, he refused, but preferred to take a Boy Back in stead of Charles, and the contract of Three Hundred Dollars first made for the hire of said negros Should stand valued as though there had been no change of negros made at which time I delivered to Mr Spaight the Boy Bob, the Boy Charles, was I suppose at that time, at Mr Kidds. & not when I could have conversen with him, or delivered him at the time Mr Spaight applied for him_ 4th July he saith; I answer again as in the 3 answers that I did not Refuse to give up the Boy, but as before stated I agreed to let Bob go in place of Charles, to which he Spaight agreed to do without any deductions in any way, after Spaight had taken Bob home, he wrote me, asking me to amke dedcution for lost lison of Charles, & for Bob, Going once a month to tsee his Wife, to which letter I never made any answer 5th'' July he saith; the agreement is fully stated in the 3rd & 4th answers = (over)

6th,, Int,y, he saith; I did not Harbor said Boy dades; and as to any other questions hereformentioned they have all been answered, = 7th,, Int, y, he saith, I never knew of but Our negro leaving Mr Spaight, and for what times he was away I know not, but I think not tendering his mules = which I think services the span of the years. EB Moore Hereforegoing Evidence of the witness was taken down under oath duly administered by me, the foreman correctly and audibly read over to the witness and of record and subscribed by him at Rockford, Coosa Co Ala on the 21st,, day of February 1854 - Witness my hand and seal at office, the day and date above written - Isaac M Little Judge of Probate Coosa Co Ala