The Documentary history of the state of New-York; arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, secretary of State. By E. B. O'Callaghan ...

908 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE
from General talk out of doors that the People from Fullam
Putney and the neighbouring Towns had come up so exasperated
that they had determined to fire upon every person they should
find in the Court House until they had taken their own satisfaction but that they had been prevented by some who came from
New Hampshire That as soon as the said Mob had taken possession of the Court House as last above mentioned and had thereby
made prisoners of the Sheriff and some of his party and also of
some of the Magistrates they sent out several parties to pick up
such of the Sheriff's party as they could find and to waylay the
Roads that they should not escape and the Deponent saith he
saw a Body of about twelve with a Leader come to Tavern in
Westminister to apprehend one niights an Attorney one Serjeant
a Constable and the said William Williams all of the Sheriffs
Posse That the next morning about eight or nine o'clock the
Deponent going towards the Court House saw a Party of the
Rioters who had made Prisoner of Oliver Wells who is one of
the son's of Judge Wells and Mr Hill an Inhabitant of Westminister both of whom they carried to and imprisoned in the
Court House That shortly after this Leonard Spalding above
mentioned charged the Deponent with having been one of those
who came to reinforce the Sheriff whlereupon he was surrounded
stopt and examined but was at length permitted to go at large
upon proof being given that- he was not an Inhabitant of this
province That shortly after the Deponent saw one Thomas Ellis
one of the Sheriffs posse seized by another Party of the Rioters
and confined in the Court house and soon after being at the House
of Crean Brush Esquire he saw a fiesh party of about three
hundred Rioters armed headed by Solomon Hervey of Fulham
Practitioner of Physic who arrived with a Drum beating having
in their Custody, four more of the Sheriffs party who being on
their way home had been intercepted by this Party of the Rioters
and after they had been examined by them before the Court
House were dismissed first being disarmed and had a pass given
them Signed by the said Solomon Hervey who was lately ap
pointed a Colonel among them at a County Convention held about
three weeks before at Westminister for Redress of Grievances
when they appointed as the Deponent has heard and believes a