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AMERICAN HISTORJCAL ASSOCIATION.
himself and the prisoner, the word, grou,nd was scratched out with a knife and the words plank fto01· inserted in its place by the prisoner after the contract was made-He said also that he had never had much dealings with Sepulver but has hen.rd more against him than he could tell-that he has heard persons say that Sepnlver had in- toxicated them in order to get them to swear falsely-He also stated that he cannot say any thing about the land which the prisoner is accused of having sold both to Dill and Cortes except that Mr. Cortes spoke very strongly and angrily about the prisoner respecting that affair- The general voice is that the prisoner is a rogue- Mr. Procello was sworn and stated that the first papers that came on were directed to the Alcalda of Nacog.-And that the name of Sam 1 • Norris was added in the handwriting of the prisoner-He said there was a doubt at this time who was the Alcalda, and they were placed in the keeping of 3 persons who kept them untill the people could be assembled and have the papers opened in their presence- On opening them it was found that they contained an order that Norris was Alcalda. The ayuntnmento were appointed by those three persons. He stated that he has heard much against the character of the priso11er, but of late can say nothing of his own knowledge. Berry was sworn and stated-that but little of the prisoners con- duct has fallen under his observations-That once passing the prison- ers house, he saw-the mail carrier there with the mail for Nacog. and asked him if he would go on with him to town-that the mail carrier said that the prisoner was then in town and that he must wait untill he (the prisoner) returned. He had laid down the mail and turned out his mule to graze. He stated that the general charac- ter of the prisoner was very infamous. ·Clark was sworn and stated-that he had been informed by a Spaniard that a package of letters for Haden Edwards were sup- pressed by the prisoner- He says that the general report is that the prisoners character is bad and that he has been using this in- fluenee against the people. . Joseph Dust being sworn, stated- that he was present at the making of the contract and witnessed it, but it is impossible for him to recollect whether the erasure was made at that time. Leonard Dubois stated-that [he] never gave the prisoner any liberty or permission to make the erasure, but that it was done with- out his knowledge- Joseph Dust being called again stated that the general character of the prisoner is as the other witnesses stated it- He heard Jean Hntiste Gagues state on oath that he heard the prisoner request a .
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