The Deponent agreable to M Wells's advise, set out for the City of New York, to surrender himself for tryal: And about thirty miles before he reached the City, met M* Whiting Deputy Marshall who turn'd about, & accompanied the Deponent to the New Goal in the City where he was committed. The Deponent further say's, That the said Grout was so far from making his journey to Springfield to arrest Whiting and thereby help the said Prisoners to escape, that he informed this Deponent, That

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Whiting & the said Prisoners were going another way vizt across the woods to albany. Sworn this Twenty third day of June Anno Domini 1770. JosEPH Lorop.

New York Cumberland County ss. Dantex Wutppie Esq? now High Sheriff of the said County of Cumberland, pesonally came & appear'd before me Joseph Lord Esqr one of the Judges of the Inferiour Court of Common Pleas for said County and one of his Majestys Justices of peace for said County and being sworn on the holy Evangelists, Deposeth and saith. That some time the fore part of September last this Deponent was at the house of Jobn Arms Esq¥ in Brattleborough in said County in Company with said Arms, Samuel Wells Esqt Mr Benjamin Whiting, Willard Dean & William Dean jun™ and understood, that the said Whiting as Deputy Marshal had the said Willard Dean & William Dean, then in his custody, on a Process that had Issued against them out of the Court of Vice Admiralty of New York. That by Whitings Discourse it seem'd, he was ata loss whether to ~ carry the Prisoners thro' a Part of Massachusetts Bay, or thro' the Woods to Albany, whereupon said Wells told him, that it was his opinion, That he had no right to carry them thro' Massachusets, (tho' says he that would be the best Rhoad if the Law would justifie it) and advised him said Whiting, to go with the Prisioners, across the wood's in the Province of New York to Albany, & take that Road to New York Whiting soon concluded to go that Way: Mess"s Wells & Arms seemed to treat said Whiting with great respect, Drank with him freely & Discoursed ' merrily, and after Whiting had concluded, not to go with the Prisoners thro' Massachusets Bay, M' Wells merrily said to him had you gone. thro' that Province I guess that Grout would have arrested you on behalf of your Prisoners for false Imprisonment (or to that purpose) a considerable Discourse merrily passed in this way by Mr Wells until Whiting seem'd angry and Expressed himself as tho' he apprehended M® Wells had sent Grout into Massachusets on that errand upon which M* Wells said, you ought not to think so (or to that purpose) had that been the case _ do you think I would have advised you, not to go that way: I