Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Petition by an apprentice for a It was admitted that the indentures had been signed sealed by the apprentice, his mother, master in the presence [of] John Warrington, a magistrate, many other persons then present, that the magistrate had interlined by consent some things beneficial to the minor had written the names for the marksmen, but had neither signed nor certified them, but had kept them in his possession until he left the county, that then they were left with his papers in the hands of his "Marksmen" here means illiterates, men using a "mark" for a Wilson urged that the Act of Assembly [1 Body Laws 177] neither required a signing nor certificate by the magistrate, but only that they should be executed in his presence with his approbation, which is Ridgely for the apprentice was prevented by the Judges BASSETT, C. J. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION WILLIAM HOWARD, Minor, v. WOOLSEY ROBINSON. BASSETT, C. J. The Court consider they have no power to make a thing good that is void. And this Act says that every such instrument is void. We are of opinion the boy must be discharged.