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. SamMuEL WILLOCHBY. Sworn before me at Fowlis this 25 day of May 1771 Joun Munro Justice.

712 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

Albany County ss: Personally appeared before me one David Wing of lawfull age and made Oath, that on or about the 21% day of May last, he was commanded to the assistance of Samuel Pease one of his Majestys constables for the county aforesaid, in order to take Thomas French of Prince Town for Rioting, with several others that upon their comming within the bounds of said Town they were met with, by a number of Rioters all with clubs excepting two which had Guns, that one shot was fired at them out of the woods, but Done no Damage, that upon their coming up to the said French's House they found it surrounded by a much greater number of men vowing against the Constable and his party and that he should carry no man out of Town that if he happened to carry one of them to Goal, the Goal should not stand three weeks, Dammed the Rascally yorkers Esq?