Albany County ss: Personally appeared before me one Samuel Willoughby one of His Majestys Constables for the County aforesaid and made Oath that on the 16 day of this Instant May he was overtaken on the Kings highway by Thomas Frinch Charles Bullin and Martin Powel of Prince Town with a number of other Rioters whoes Names to this defendant is unknown (all armed with Clubs) that the said French laid hold of the depondt with his Club over his head and threatned his life unless he would carry off the writt of Ejectment which the Depondt had

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served upon the said Frenchs wife in his absence, which the Depondt refused to do, upon which the said Bullin came up and laid it upon his arm and obliged him to bring it off or his life be

in danger. SamMuEL WiLLOUGHBY. Sworn before me at Fowlis this 17 Day of May 1771.

Joun Munnxo, Justice.

Personally appeared before me Samuel Munro of Wollomsack who went as an assistant, to the said Willoughby and made oath that he was present when the Rioters above mentioned persued them and that what is set forth in the above afidavid is true and that the said Rioters threatned to tiee the Depond! to a tree

and flog him if he did not go off. Samuret Muwnro. Sworn before me at Fowlis this 17th day of May 1771.

Joun Munro Justice.

Albany ss: Personally appeared before me Samuel Willoughby one of His Majesty's Constables for the County of Albany aforesaid and made [oath] that on the night of the 23¢ day of this Instant May, being under the necessity of going to Bennington to serve some Executions, he lodged at the House of Samuel Saford in said Town, that about the hours of nine or ten of the clock at night the family was allarmed by the firing of a Gun, and on the morning of the 24%» the depondt went to the Barn where he put up his Horse the evening before, and found the Barn Door oppen and His Horse shot Dead; by som of the Inhabitants as he supposes.