if there was any occasion for him to appear at any subsequent Sessions
against the said Hancock who informed this deponent he need [..]
attend nor trouble himself any further about him and that he
this Deponent since the said Hancock was so discharged hath not
seen nor heard of him nor doth he know where he is to be found
And this Deponent further saith that at the time the said was [..]
were granted by the said Justices against the said Chandler and
Hancock a warrant was also granted by him against the said
William Cook< no role > and this Deponent was then also bound by the said
Justice in another Recognizance of Forty pounds to appear at the then
next Sessions and prosecute the said Indictment against the said
Cook but that the said Cook finding the said Hancock and Chandler
apprehended immediately cloped and as he this Deponent hath been
informed and verily believes Fled out of the County of Hants into
Yorkshire and did not appear at large again untill the said Chandler
and Hancock were discharged and that in or about the Month of
March last the said Cook was by Virtue of the said Warrant grant [..]
against him apprehended and Committed to Winton Goal but
how or when the said Cook was removed and appeared to take his
Trial or when the said Cook was discharged this Deponent doth [..]
know nor did they Deponent think himself in any manner bound
or obliged to appear against the said Cook when he was so taken but
was informed by his Council as well as Messrs. Downe and Cox his
attorneys that he need not appear against him and if he had appeared
against him this Deponent is advised he the said Cook would have
been acquitted of the said Indictment he being Indicted by the
Name of George< no role > instead of William as this Deponent Verily
believes and this Deponent saith that the Costs and Charges paid by
this Deponent in preferring and prosecuting the said Indictment
against the said Chandler Cook and Hancock amounts to the Sum of
One hundred pounds and upwards

Richard Stephens< no role >

Sworn at the said Borough this first day of
November 1787 before me}

One of this Majestys Justices of the
Peace for the said County & Borough

John Carter< no role >