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them complained, that the people
lay under some hardships hera.

The Solicitor General. You
deelared much more before the
council I was then called sud-
@enly before the council, and was
surprised,

John Bashford. I was at the
coffee house, where I saw the
pepers or addresses, but do not
know what they were or sot-
tained; and I signed four or five
papers there, but did not stay
half a quarter of an hour. When
I was there, I aaw Colonel Bay-
ard amognst many others in the
room, but did not see his name,
as I remember, to any of the pa-

pers.

The Carer Jusricz, These wit-
nesses are very unwilling, oF
very forgetful, having given a
mueh different account of things
upon their oaths before the gov-
ernor and council,

Bashford, I have now hed
time to recollect myself, but was
then under a surprise, not know-
ing what I was sent to for.

‘Hugh Gray. About December
last, being at the coffee house I
saw on a table some paper
whieh afterwards I understood
were addresses to the King, Par-
Tiament and Lord Cornbury.
Somehody asked me to sign
them, which I did accordingly,
but do not know who it was; re-
member Colonel Bayard was
‘there amongst others, smoking a
pipe of tobacco; I beliave there
might then be abont ten hands
to the papers and about five in
the room; I read all the ad-
dresses, but eannot now remem-
ber the contents of them; do not
remember there were any com-
plaints against the government
in those addresses.

Mrs. Hannah Hutchins, About

Christmas est Col. Bayard
brought some papers to my
house and left them with me,
but bid me show them to my hus-
band who was then at ehurch.
These papers remained at my
house about ibree days and then
I delivered them to a negro who
was sent for them, but do not
remember whose negro it was;
Col. Bayard was not at our
house while the papers lay there.

The Solicitor General. Now 1
shall proceed to prove what sort
of people were drawn in to sign
these papers.

John Read. Being on 26th of
December at Mr. Hutchins’
house I saw some papers which
one Mr. Burroughs then present
asked me to sign telling me they
were addresses to the King, Par-
Tiament and Lord Cornbury
made for the good of the coun-
try and which were lying on the
bed there; I signed them, but did
not read them; did not see Col.
Bayard there but believe I saw
his name to the papers; saw 8
great number of names sub-
seribed to the papers, about 200;
am about 17 years of age.

Edward Marshal. Going one
day about Christmas to the
house of My. Hniehing I saw
there five addresses which I
signed, one was to the King, an-
other to the Parliament and an-
other to the Lord Cornbury con-
gratulating bis arrival. I read
some of them, but found nothing
in any of them that reflected up-
on the governor; there was some
complaint of the speaker of the
assembly being an alien; aw the
name of Edward Marshal before
I had signed, but do not know
but there may be more Edward
Mars! als than one in the prov-
inee; did not see Col. Bayard at