Nor did he know M: Grouts Business there but barely suspected that that might be it. And that he the said Benjamin did not do well in suspecting the Deponent had sent M' Grout on such an Errand since he the Deponent had all along told him the said Be jamin Whiting that he apprehended that he had no legal Right Vou. Iv. 42

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to go with Prisoners that way that the said Benjamin seemed thereupon satisfied and requested this Deponent to accompany him two or three miles and shew him the Road to Albany and upon his Request and to oblige him the said Benjamin the deponent complied. And this Deponent further saith that while upon the Road the said Benjamin Whiting complained to this Deponent that the Prisoners did not walk fast enough upon which the Deponent advised them to make as much Haste as they could and be obedient to the commands of the said Benjamin Whiting and they would fare the better for it and more particularly gave them a strict charge not to attempt an escape by any means whatsoever all which they promised this Deponent in the said Benjamins Hearing to observe and that before they parted the said Benjamin informed this Deponent that his the Deponents advice had made the Prisoners walk a great deal faster and thanked the Deponent for all the favors he had shown to him And this Deponent further saith that early on the morning of the next Day he was surprized by a message from the said Major Arms then high Sheriff of the County aforesaid informing him that a number of People had followed the said Benjamin Whiting in a tumultuous manner That thereupon the Deponent immediately got out of Bed mounted his Horse and taking the said Sheriff along with him went to the Place where the said Benjamin Whiting had lodged that night when he was informed that the People had dispersed without doing any mischief upon which he returned Home that receiving Information of three persons principally concerned in raising the said Tumult he issued his warrant against them that two of them were apprehended and brought before him and that he bound them by Recognizance to appear at the next general Sessions And this Deponent further saith that the next Day after the Departure