That sometime in July last past he this Deponent attended the Sheriff as part of the posse to assist him in takinge possession of the House and Lands that were in the possession of James Breakenridge at Benningtown in the County of Albany, That when the said posse and Sheriff had proceeded to a Bridge about _ half a Mile from the Said House, a Stop was made for some short time, in order to see whether by the persuasion of the Mayor of Albany and some other Gentlemen who were gone to Brakenridge for that purpose they could not be prevailed on to Surrender the possession peaceably, That upon their return, and the Sheriff. being informed that they would not Surrender he ordered the posse to proceed over the Bridge to the said House and directed

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this deponent to assist him in bringing on the posse and to use his endeavours for that purpose, That agreeable to this request he this Deponent endeavoured to prevail on such as appeared backward to come up, but in vain for above Twenty persons would not stir beyond the Bridge. That he this Deponent then proceeded with the Sheriff to the House, and found that not above Twenty persons of the posse attended him there, that the rest of the posse who had crossed over the Bridge kept back at some distance from the House notwithstanding the Sheriffs repeated request to the contrary--That when the Sheriff came up to the House he this Deponent saw that a number of people who appeared in opposition to the Sheriffs posse had taken possession of a small'Ridge North of the said House that another party of such men had the possession ofa rising Ground South East of the House about 100 yards distance, that the House was Locked and a number of Loop holes made as this Deponent conceives to be made use of to fire thro'?