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&. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

others at their request, they hav-
ing first put their marks; I and
the others expected by this to be
made free of the city; believe,
out of 160 men now belonging to
the fort or thereabouts, there
may be thirty that signed.

One Bovell, Coming to Capt.
‘Hotehins’, was shown some pa-
pers which was told were ad-
dresses, to which T put my mark,
without being desired by any-
body; cannot write nor read;
when I had set my mark, Mr.
Hutehing told me that if any of
my fellow eoldiers would come
and sign also, they might; if not,
they might let it alone; ‘by this
signing, T expected to be made
free of the city, but from being a
soldier; but never heard Capt.
Hotehing say 80.

Mr, Cosens, Am clerk of the
Couneil.

Col. Bayard. T own that pa
per; it is a petition to the lieu-
tenant governor and council in
behalf of Alderman Hutchins,
then in prisons owning with Mr.
French, Mr. Wenham and Mr.
‘Van Dam, that the copies of
three addresses to the King, the

arliament and the Lord Corn-

ary, were in our hands.

The Solicitor General, I de-
sire Mr. Emot may be sworn,
whether he did give advice to a
certain person about that clause
in the address to the lieutenant

wernor in favor of Alderman

lutchins, viz, that the Lord
Cornbury succeeded the Karl of
Bellamont ss governor in New
York?

Mr. Emot (sworn). I told Mr.
French these words in the said
address did not run current and
might give ground of exception
to some who would be apt to
strain every word to the prison-

er’s disadvantage; to which Mr.
French replied, they had drawn
the addreesea themselves and be-
lieved it was well enough,

Michael Christian, I remember,
some time sines, about Christ-
mas, I believe, I was at the coffes
house, where I saw the addresses,
‘with many other people, but
eannot tell how many; not more
than twenty; I found three ad-
dresses there, and si them
all, but the substanee thereof I
cannot now remember; it is a
good while sinea, and therefore
I cannot speak positively to it.
I_yemember, a question was
asked me at the couneil, whether
there were any complaints in the
addresses that the soldiers want-
ed their pay? I believe I might
then answer something about it,
but T do not know any such thing
in the addresses, either of the
soldiers or their pay; I remem-
ber that Colonel Bayard was
then at the coffee house when I
eigned the addresses, but do not
remember that anybody desired
me to sign.

The Cxuxr Justice. How many
bands, Mr, Christian, did you
see to the addresses? I cannot
tell how many, but remember
Colonel Bayard amongst others
was there; but he never asked
me to sign either of the ad-
dressea; nor can I remember
that there was anything concern-
ing either the soldiers or their
pay in the addreases,

The Carer Justice, Certainly
these gentlemen are very wn-
willing evidences; Mr, Christian
is a gentleman of good learning,
and it is strange that he should
be so forgetful, that ha cannot
yemember what was given in on
his oath before the governor and
eouneil; he has either a weak
or a treacherous memory.

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