The document is a typed notice with handwritten names and dates filled in. It was sent by the State of Maryland to the Sheriff of St. Mary's County demanding that Joseph T. Artis attend court because he did not act as a witness in the trial for James L. Foxwell. Judge Thomas F. Bowie signed the document as a witness to this 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 28 of a series.