Merrill v. Bowe

Adams, Oír. J.

The appellee moves to strike the evidence from the files on the ground that it was not properly certified and made of record within the time allowed. The fact appears to be that the witnesses were examined orally in court, and their testimony was taken down in short-hand by the official short-hand reporter. At the close of the trial the judge attached his certificate in due form to the shorthand notes, and the same were filed. This was on the thirteenth.day of May, 1885. Nothing more appears to have been done towards perfecting the record until January 1,1886, when the…