were made use of to influence & controul their conduct either during the journey or after their arival at Said & & dined with said Smith at his own house & were hospitably entertained and after dinnere dinner say in two hours after the arrival of the party in said , a writ of was issued by the Municipal Court of the said City of in favour of said Smith which was served upon said . The said made return of the writ together with the body of said Smith & alledged the causes of his Capture and detention at the same time denying the jurisdiction of the Court & allidging that he had been served with the prior writ of Habeas Corpus before mentioned said remained in and a part of the time in the Municipal Court room & some time after the examination of the writ of Habeas Corpus issued by the Municipal Court had commenced and as your affiants believe during the whole sitting of the Court on friday after noon the 30th of June & then departed for after a patient examination of the fact & matter of law set forth in complainants petition which said examination lasted from friday afternoon [p. [3]]