Let it be read to the jury ; not as evidence that the defendant has paid tho note, but merely that such an entry was made, nineteen years ago, of the payment of a note of twenty-three years’ standing; and to support the general presumption of payment, 'after such a length of time. Nor is this to bo drawn into precedent; for our allowance of the evidence is founded on the particular circumstances of this case.

To prove another point, in the same cause, a book was offered, in the i orm of a ledger, containing, in some instances, references to a waste-book. Notwithstanding this, it was insisted, on the one hand, to be an original, and not a transcript; but denied on the other ; and the person, who, it was said, could prove it, was incapable of attending on account of sickness.

The Court ordered the book to be read ; leaving it to the jury to de *84 termine, on the face of it, whether it was an original or a transcript; and directing them, in the latter case, to pay no regard to it. (a)