The defendant offered to read a copy of an entry, signed thus: "A copy, Nathan Ewing." It was rejected by the Court, on the ground that there was no date to the copy. It was known to the Court that Nathan Ewing was intrusted by the Act of Assembly to give copies of the pre-emption
HUMPHREYS, J., upon the trial, was inclined to think that the absent defendant could not be found guilty; and, as this was an action of debt, the other must be acquitted.