The document is a legal template. It was sent by the State of Maryland to the Sheriff of St. Mary's County demanding that James L. Langley Senr. attend court because he did not act as a witness for George C. Morgan committing of Robert Clark. Judge Thomas H. Bowie signed as a witness to the document on November 22nd, 1852. The clerk, James T. Blakiston, signed the document on the 23rd, when the document was issued. A handwritten note on the back of the paper indicates that this document is number 17 of a series.