Session House 17th Janry
1799

ThomasNicholson< no role > Clerk to The House of Correctn
Took the Paper marked & Sr & IR
from John Roberts< no role > out of his Pocket
on the 1st. Janry Instants The Prisoner
for Sedition he having improperly it was that proper
to have them in69-1nduse dully searched &
accordingly Mr Aris Directed Witness to do
so which he accordingly did on the 1st.
of Janry. He asked by what Authority
he searched him & refused to be searched
[..] a Staut Man Witness called a
Pson to assist him when findg the
Witness was determined le submitted He
knows Roberts's Hand Writing & that
the Paper is his Hand Writing He hall
from Conversations he has leard that
it is a Copy of a Letter sent out In
General they have been refractory

They Kein was used & Address
the Mutineers in the Night

Greens

Depention to be inserted in Rept.