Wednesday December 16th 1857
Court met pursuant to adjournment present the
Honourable B.A. Putnam Judge
           To the Honourable Benjamin A. Putnam
Judge of the Circuit Court Eastern Circuit of Florida
           Your Petitioner John A. Emmirson Respectfully
showeth unto your honour that he is desirous of being
admitted to the practice of Law at the present term of this
Court                Jno A. Emmirson  
   We the undersigned Respectfully Shew unto your honour
That we are acquainted with the petitioner and that he
is a man of good moral character & of the age of Twenty
one years                        William Edwards
  December 14th 1857             Jessee T. Bernard
    Messrs Baker, McLin & Smith
    are appointed a committee of Examination   
                                    B.A. Putnam
                                        Judge
    The undersigned committee appointed to examine  
John A. Emmerson for admission to the bar beg leave to report
that they have performed that duty and recommend
him for admission to practice as attorney & solicitor
                        Committee  }  James M. Baker
                                   }  Brythen Smith
                                    & Samuel McLin

The Committee appointed by the Court to examine into the
legal qualifications of John A. Emmerson, having reported favour
-ably theron and the applicant having taken the oath required
by law & the rules of this Circuit, ordered that he be admi
-tted to practice law in the Circuit Courts of this State 
in law & Equity
        16 December 1857             B.A. Putnam
                                         Judge
John Doe on demise        }   Dewson
of John G. Rawls          }   
            vs            }   Ejectment
Thomas Fraser             }  Bernard Hilton & Flemming
Tenant in possession      }
                    Mistake
                         And now on this day came the par
ties by their respective attornies and thereupon came a 
Jury To wit            } 5  Isaac Roundtree      } 10  Daniel C. Hart
1  Daniel Lynn         } 6  James T. Thomas      } 11  J.M. Croxton
2  William S. Perry    } 7  John J. Turner       } 12  James M. Ellis
3  Valentine R. Prevatt} 8  John W. Peacock      }
4  Willis Peacock      } 9  Tillman Ingram

Written in left margin:
Mistake