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Superior Court, Fairfield County, Aug [??], 1870
Halcyon G Bailey
Joseph B. Close

The report of the Committee (as on file)
having been presented to the Court for acceptance,
the petitioner appeared and filed his [??]
against the acceptance of said report in manner
and form as on file.

The Court, having heard the parties, finds
that the evidence mentioned in Said [??]
was offered by the petitioner, at the hearing beforoe
said Committee, for the purposes therein
mentioned and was rejected by the
Committee upon the ground that it was not
admisible.

The question whether said evidence
was admissible and whether said Report
of said Committee ought to be accepted
and the question what decree ought
to be passed in said Case are hereby,
with the consent of said parties
reserved for the opinion & advice of the
Supreme Court of Errors next to be holden
at Bridgeport in said County in [??]
for the Fourth Judicial District of the
State on the Second Tuesday of October
AD 1870.

By Loomis, Judge.