James Moore, Defendant Below, Now Plaintiff in Error v. the President

The plaintiffs, to support the issue aforesaid on their part, produced and read in evidence to the jury, the note and indorsement in the declaration mentioned, being the only cause of action produced or shown in this cause; which note and indorsement are in these words, to wit:–– Washington City, April 25, 1816. $500. Sixty days after date I promise to pay Gilbert Docker, or order, five hundred dollars, for value received, negotiable at the Bank of Columbia.