out of the said House and ran away Immediately
as first as he could to wards the Edg were road upon
which this Informant and Several other Persons pursued
the said John Harp< no role > & her an about a quarter of a
Mile & then jumped into a Ditch & this Informant
came up to him & secured him with the Sword now
produced upon him & desired this Informant & the
others would have Mercy upon him as they did not Know
what might happen to their own Children if [..] they
had any

Severally Sworn before me
the 4th. Day of March 1773}

John Lane< no role >

John Howard< no role >

his
Theophilus Simms< no role >
Mark