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 Laura Richardson attend court because she did not act as a witness in the trial for James L. Foxwell. Judge Thomas F. 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. The back of the document includes a handwritten note that labels this as number 32 of a series and reiterates Laura Richardson.