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where Captⁿ John Safford exercises his Company of Militia,
immediately after the Roll of that Company was called, a cer-
tain Cornelius Hogans took up the Drum & began to beat on
it & ordered the Company to march & thereupon the Com-
pany dismissed, & said Hogans swore that he would muster no
more. And further that on the tenth Ins^t said Hogans being
taken into Custody by order of the Committee to answer for
his past misconduct said Hogans being asked by this deponent
why he ran, swore by his Maker that if he had an equal
Number of Men with us he would not have run & that he had
then been about to collect his Men in order to oppose those
who were in pursuit of him & many others and that he this
deponent believes the said Hogans to be a great Enemy to the
present Cause & further saith not.

Tho^s Wynn Loockerman

The Deposition of Alexander Waddell who being sworn on
the Holy Evangels of Almighty God deposeth and saith that
he this deponent being with many others in pursuit of a certain
Cornelius Hogans, and after he this deponent had caught the
af^d Hogans, he was asked by this deponent why he ran,
answered that if he had collected his Company of men, which
he said he was after, he would not have run, and further this
deponent saith not:

his

Alex^r x Waddell
mark.

The deposition of Henry Dickinson of Caroline County who
being swum on the holy Evangels of Almighty God deposeth
and saith, that in Consequence of a warrant issued by the
Committee of this County bearing date at Melvills Warehouse
on the 8^th Ins' and directed to Captⁿ Joseph Richardson against
Cornelius Hogans & sundry others this Deponent was in Com-
pany with sundry other persons when the said Hogans was
taken into custody, and on asking the said Hogan's how he
came to run from us, as I had understood he was a Man of a
great spirit, and had declared he would rescue any person who
should be sent for by the Committee, in consequence of their
having lay'd down their arms, and refusing to muster, the said
Hogans told this Deponent that he had been informed, that
we had taken William Morgan in order to carry him off, and
as the Companies had sworn to stand by one another (at the
time they laid down their arms) he had then been about
amongst the People who had sworn to each other as af^d to
give them Notice, that William Morgan was taken in custody