That this Deponent then demanded of him the said Ethan Allen and the rest of the pretended Judges whether he (this Deponent) had ever done Injustice to any Man in the Execution of his Office as Magistrate? To which they answered that they could not charge him with any Injustice in the execution of his Office, nor had they any complaint of that kind to make against him ; the said Seth Warner in particular declaring that they would as willingly have him for a Magistrate as any Man whatever, but that they would not under their present circumstances suffer any Magistrate at all. That the Deponent then asked the said pretended Judges whether they could accuse this Deponent of busying himself or intermedling with Respect to Titles of Lands? To which the said Ethan Allen answered ; in the Negative and that they had not heard, nor did they pretend to charge him with any thing of that kind. That the Deponent then added that With respect to their three charges against him, that he admitted them to be true. That he had made such complaint to the Government of New York of the proceedings of the said Riotors against'the said Benjamin Spencer and others. That he had used his Endeayours to dissuade people from joining the said Riotors in their proceeding, and that he had accepted a Commission from the said Government for and exercised the office of a Magistrate for the said County of Charlotte, and that all this he had a good Right to do and looked upon as his duty. That after some farther argumentation the said pretended Judges withdrew to another House to consider of their Judgment and in about two or three Hours returned to the door of the House, where the Deponent remained, and ordered him to be brought out near a Tree, where the said pretended Judges placed themselves encircled by a Number of' armed Men, into the Midst of which Circle