This document is designed for the Scribes or the City Guard to record the formal testimony of a Free Person or, under specific legal conditions, the deposition of a Slave. It serves as the primary evidentiary building block for any future Magistrate Report or High Court Judgment.
❖ OFFICIAL WITNESS STATEMENT ❖
AR’S STATION
LEGAL DEPOSITION: Let it be recorded that the following testimony has been provided to the Scribes of Ar’s Station. The witness is reminded that to provide false testimony before the Home Stone is a High Crime, punishable by the stripping of Caste, enslavement, or death.
❖ THE DEPONENT ❖
Name of Witness: ____________________
Account Name: _________________________
Caste & Position: ______________________
Standing: [ ] Citizen [ ] Resident [ ] Bonded Asset*
*(Note: Slave testimony is only valid if corroborated by a Free Person or extracted under the supervision of a Physician.)
❖ INCIDENT REFERENCE ❖
Incident Report ID: __________________
Date of Event: _______________________
Location of Event: ___________________
❖ THE TESTIMONY ❖
NARRATIVE ACCOUNT: (The witness shall here provide a detailed account of what was seen, heard, or otherwise perceived. Scribes are instructed to record the words exactly as spoken.)
❖ ATTESTATION OF TRUTH ❖
I, the undersigned, do solemnly swear by my Home Stone and the honor of my Caste that the account provided above is the truth as I know it. I have neither been coerced nor bribed to provide this statement, and I stand ready to defend this testimony before a Magistrate.
SIGNATURE OF WITNESS: ____________________ DATE: ____________________ PERSONAL SEAL: [ ]
❖ RECORDING AUTHORITY ❖
OFFICIATING SCRIBE / GUARD: ____________________ CASTE & RANK: ___________________________ DATE RECORDED: _________________________ OFFICIAL SEAL: [ ]
❖ COPY TO BE GIVEN TO MAGISTRATE ❖
❖ ARCHIVAL FILING ❖
OFFICIAL CITY RECORD: This statement is held as evidence within the Ar’s Station Grand Municipal Archive and is classified as [ ] Open / [ ] Restricted by order of the Magistracy.
FILING OFFICER: ______________________ DATE: ______________ SEAL: [ ]
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