And threatened to be shot, beat, & the Sd Whiting sent the Deponent, and his Brother William (then a Prisoner) under the care of one Benja Wait, & James Rosebrook, from Windsor, to Hinsdale, that passing thro'? Westminister, where the Depot his 'S¢ Brother & their §4 keepers lodged, Viz. at Mr Ranneys: we there found M" John Grout Attorney at Law, and this Deponent & his S¢ Brother . told him the usage they had met with & the Terrors they had been kept under by S¢ Whiting, Wait and Rosebrook & Mr

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Grout then enquired of S4 Wait, & Rosebrook, the reason of their using the Deponant & his S¢ Brother with such Severities, & whether they had unduly behaved, and being answered by Sd Wait, that the Prisoners had behaved in no way unbecoming, had shewn no Disposition to Eseape, he then told 84 Wait & Rosebrook, that it was his opinion, that Prisoners in Custody, who, during their being in Custody had continued to behave well, & to be submissive to their keepers, ought not to be carried under the Terror of fire Arms, nor be threatened with beating & that he thought M* Whiting was much in fault, for Ordering, & suffering, the Prisoners to be under these Circumstances used in that manner, M' Grout then asked the Deponent, & his S¢ Brother, whether they would promise not to make any Escape, to which they answered in the Affirmative. M* Grout then advised Said Wait & Rosebrook, to unload their Pistols, and to treat the prisoners with Tenderness, & kindness, and furthermore told the prisoners both, in hearing of Wait, and Rosebrook, as well as out of their hearing by all means to be Submissive to their S¢ keepers, & that the escaping from them would be no advantage, but a great Disadvantage to the deponant, & his Sd Brother, & that after the S4 Grout had discoursed in this manner, with S4 prisoners, & S4 keepers, they unloaded the Pistols.