soon made this known to <​Mr. Dixon <​the owner of the house​> &​> his friends in who gathered round the Hotel door, & gave the Sheriff <​​> to understand, that if that was their mode of doing business in , they had another way of doing it here <​they were a law abiding people, & were republicans​> & gave the Sheriff <​​> to understand, that they should not take me away without giving me the opportunity of a fair trial, & that I should have justice done me, but that if they persisted in their course, they had a very summary way of dealing with such people. finding further resistance to be useless, allowed & another <​​> attorney to come <​in to the room​> to me <​but was inside guarding the door, & guarded the outside <​of the​> door,​> when I told them, I had been taken up a Prisoner by the<​se​> men , I had been insulted & abused by them <​& shewed <​them​> my flesh <​which​> was black on each side from their punching me with their pistols, for 18 inches in circumference, on each side—​> & I wanted <​them to sue out​> a writ of the Council examined the Statute & found that I had a privilege of trial by Habeas Corpus when the Sheriff said <​ swore​> he should <​only​> wait half an hour to give me a chance. A messenger was immediately discharged <​sent by Mr. Dixon​> to <​Mr. Chamberlin​> the Master in <​who lived 6 miles distant​> & another Messenger to <​about​> <​who happened to be near​> to have them come down & get out the writ of Habeas Corpus.