they could not on such a Prosecution be held to Bail moved tliat they should be discharged on entring their appearance but they were ordered by: the court to be held to Bail ina large sum for want of which they remained in close custody That after some time they complained that the little money they had brought down with them and received from the sale of their Horses was expended and that they had no means purchasing the necessaries to support Life and desired this Deponent to intercede with the Judge to direct them an allowance of Bread and Water which they Represented they were entitled to as Prisoners at the suite of the Crown That the Deponent accordingly mentioned their Request to the Judge who declared he had no power to direct such Provision That some time afterwards This Deponent was informed That the said William Deane the Father was in Treaty with Samuel Wells Esq™ one of the

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Judges 0. the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Cumberland for a sale of his the said William Dean's Effects on his Farm at Windsor aforesaid in order to raise money therefrom for the support of himself and his sons in their Confinement. That this Deponant is not certain whether the sale so intended was first mentioned to him by William Deane or Mr Wells but this Deponent well remembers that M' Wells advised with him on the measure and that this Deponent approved of it as legal in itself and as an act of Humanity towards Deane and his children whom he considered as in the greatest distress and this Deponent further saith that to prevent any misinterpretation that might be made of the said intended sale to the Disadvantage of Mt Wells he advised that the Judge of the admiralty should be informed of the said intended sale before the same should be carried into Execution That this Deponent waited upon the Judge of the Admiralty with M' Wells as he believes and informed him, thereof accordingly and that it was the only means which the Deponent could think of to prevent the said William Dean and his sons from suffering or perishing for want of sustenance or something to that effect That to the best of this Deponents Rememberance the Judge of the Admiralty made no objection nor shewed the least dislike thereto.