Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-30
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C0LoMON Woolcot aud John Woelcot we're COM
- VI ted OF Aresking open the fhop OF DAME C1fh,
Of Minor, at : iaf Nav term m-Snce their ccnvie-
tin, iomc evil minded pertor perfurs have been
iadeatg gable IN endeavcrrg TO faadle the u laay on
ioni- other perfon :-For this PurpCFs, Tim~thy
WooIcot (foa of Solomon Woslcni) has been very
indrttrious 10 procure evidence ag4ine Mr.. Cafhe
prove that he broke open his own fhep, and
conveyed his goods into Woocot's territory. Tirno-
thy Wvolcot frequently feen N bye places and III
the woods with one Daniel Verre and i 10 hecaa
he noned about that Verrel was going forward 10
FIVE ar that he and MIR Cath broke the aid Il % opea
themfeIves Nj Caih alarmed az this circula-y re-
tor, took men with him 20 go talk with Ver~
rel OH the fuqlect. A certain Mn{cS Emery jan. Who
is relation to the Woocot's hearing Mr.. Cabs De-
Esn through the woods crcl. way, and gotVerrei
into the woods ant frcrettd him from Mr. Ca(l.--
Timothy not willing loe ary ,irr- prevailed upon
Vtrrel TO 20 70 Portland with him and make oath 10
complaint aqainlt Mr.. Cain for breaking Is afore-
faid but Verrcl after they had travelled mile or
two, havIpg forhe riementary tender feelings took
the advantage OF Timothys abfcnce while he neped
into houie and ran away and left hIm and fecrttcd
himfelf Timothy, determined not TO be foied 70,
and ofc his beloved tnef with I'll diligence fcareh-
ed until he fouod his fequenered retrea: then Tim
othy raifed number Of people and iurrcunoed fhc
houe {where the fad VerIei was) and took him by
virtue Of old newfpaper, which they imPoied on
his orcdsty, or warrant, and Carried him to Port
eye that he found means Of eIcape. until he hsd
.iworn TO complaint that he and Mr. Cafh had
broke and entered the faid Caih's Drop 9nd carried
away the goods This gave Verrel his fupP fed of
liberty and Timothy thinking he had gained his
point, let his witnes 60 large; hat his Infinite
furprfe, he s~de ule of his egs rather thar Gwear
to The complain; fccond time, before The Court Of
Enquiry. Timorhy had now Ion al TIE ground he
had gained bur Verrei, when re had cct to the
upper part OF Vermont Rate wrote letter back TO
lis wiie, and hc being clated with Joy o hca- from
the darling of her boiom, fpread the news abroad
where lie was; aud no foone did W trike thc cara
Of Timothy, than he went in purfuit or bis truly
friend verreI, and found him and conveve- hinl
back 70 Portland and eC he 1iould give him the
| Nip again, pui him Iuto Jail on civil procefs, and
held him there unti limo nv had apprehc nied Nr.
C4ih on the comp aiut which he and his truly friend
had fworn to. The Court of ENQUIRY held be-
fore Anm P. Mitchell and William Symmcs. EFq~s.
After hearing the tehnony Of Verre AMI fome
others in iupport OF the complain MIR Csfh was
dImifTed from Tie warrant without tie Ian hehta-
tion-The laid VerrC, not mere than Quarter Of
an hour after the Court burt into tears.
and declared he had wrongcd Mr. Cain, and W giv-
Ing in evidence again1 him bad perjsred himfcif
and further declared il was The Woocos that wa5
confederate with him IN tre.kins oren laid Calh's
fhop, and Timothy was knoyying 20 THE pan SaiI
Verrel further Gates IL the Wot lcots raked open
the fire and toak coal to put into the goods and
he turned his back Verdi lays the rcafon he came
forward sad fworc agaiI& Mr. Cath was, Timothy
threatened him on the one hand that he would get
warrant for him fer telling certain quantity of
goods taken ont OF Mr. Caths fhcp and encouraged
him on the other, If lie would ivoar acsinf birn he
:houd he entitled to part Of tie rroEey they thoud
obtain ef Mr. Cafh for fAife imprisonment and thar
Timothy h. Z bill made out 10 very large amount.
great rany tAonfand dollars MIR. C4fll coniciou<
bi ms innocenre cot warrant for V,rcl upon thefe
conteihons. for perjury. csriied him hcfCre Jede
Rice, Efqure and after the c0mplaist vas read t@
him, VerrcI plead guilty 10 nc charge, ard now
Rands recognized 10 the Supreme JucieisI Court.
confcIons OF hi. euit reflects hi.ierY on hs former
afocistes and adviltIs
A r Court Of Enquiry, before Iblices Animi n
Mitchell aRd Wm SyHmes, IN Portland, On the
fourth dav of De eri5e-, Dzait Yye, of Ni=oe came
before ieid Iuaces witnefs and Twore 70 COR
plant bctwixt the co5Tf7o--sszLb and Df CsE ofria
Minot, wherein iaid Csfh ohargad with perjury -
now II this public manner declare, that Caili ~,
innocent Of breaking his, the iaid Cah, imp, and t
through the Perfuston aI'd mitigation u 7sugV
Hoo of MInot, and io,ne others. thar eaufed me ra
perjr-e T1vfff- Ard 4 10 n this iolenn manner de-
clare il S-ia7vo- ha aud TsGs SF oLzt that hror.
open lsid Calhs fore with NE.
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