Baldwin v. . Maultsby

Trover for six slaves. The defendant admitted the conversion, and the only question was whether Warren Baldwin, under whom both parties claimed, had duly executed a deed of gift to the plaintiff.

To prove the execution of the paper, the plaintiff called one Toon, who swore, that on 21 November, 1842, the day the paper bears date, at the house of the said Warren Baldwin, he was asked by Baldwin to become one of the subscribing witnesses to the paper, which had been previously drawn by one Wooten and was lying on the table; he assented; Baldwin then signed his name, the seal being already made,…