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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Negro Clara v. Thomas Ewell.
    An old entry in a memorandum-book of a deceased person, stating the ages of the several members of the writer’s family, may be given in evidence to prove the age of a witness.
    To prove the age of Mrs. Storer, a witness in this cause, the defendant offered a memorandum-book in the handwriting of the Rev. Lee Massy, deceased, dated April 19th, 1777, in which he stated the names and ages of his family, who were then inoculated for the small-pox, and the different modes of treatment, and different doses of medicine for their respective ages. Mrs. Storer was then one.of his family, and her name was placed in the class of those between six and ten years old.
    
      Mr. Jones, for the plaintiff,
    objected to the competency of the evidence.
   But

the Court

(nem. con.) overruled the objection, and permitted the memorandum to be read to the jury.