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and I frankly told' him I was going to the southeast quarter of the 

 twenty-fourth township to see if there was any trespass there; said he 

 hadn't cut a stick, at, all, says he, " I am going right up there and can 

 convince you in about two hours when I get there, there isn't a bit of 

 trepass there; we have landed some logs on there; we are cutting it on 

 the Old Military tract, township twelve and township twenty-seven, 

 northeast quarter; I told him that was all'right, I would go with him, 

 and I did, went there and went on the quarter, and he showed me 

 there clearly as it appeared to him, that the cutting was on the Old 

 Military tract instead of this quarter; it is fair to say that I assumed 

 to believe what he said about the lines; I had never been there, but 

 I had a good description of the quarter from Cold brook they run 

 the logs out of; the east line of this quarter is the Essex county line 

 between Essex county and Franklin. county; after looking it over 

 some that day, he showed me about the lines, insisted they were so 

 and so and left the cutting on the Old Military tract; I allowed that 

 was so; I didn't dispute the outlines, because I wasn't able to dispute 

 it, I hadn't been there and he assumed to know all about it and we 

 came out from there, and jihe next thing that I done, was to inquire 

 around for some good man that knew those lines, and struck this 

 man, Albert Turner, knowing that quarter and not very friendly 

 with his nephew; this was an important case, for the, reason there were 

 other parties in the bottom of the' deal, as we supposed, knew where 

 they had got their old bottom title they were leaning on, and I came 

 out of the woods and saw Commissioner Basselin, told him the con- 

 dition of affairs, I had just been in there and what I had done; he 

 says, "I don't believe a word of it, I am certain there is trespass on 

 the quarter, my suggestion is to go there and take a good man there 

 that knows them lines and look it up," he said " do it; " I went right 

 ■back to Malone, saw Mr. Albert Turin er and engaged him to go with 

 me and we went up there direct and looked it over, and found the 

 lines, he did; and found that there was a large trespass on the quarter 

 instead of none; I then came out from that trip. 



Q. Right there, is that the time Mr. Albert Turner has spoken of, 

 that he went up there with you to look at this southeast quarter? 



A. It is the same time, I came out from there, and I can't tell now, 

 but very shortly, I went to the attorney's and we applied for writs of 

 replevin. 



Q. (Mr. Adams.)' What attorney did you go to? 



A. I think Judge Palmer was the attorney in that case. 



Q. Peter S. Palmer was the attorney? 

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