by one and the same person; and yet he, acting at that time as Commander in Chief, which gave him all the supervision over all his officers, and in fact made him responsible for all their acts and movements, refused to interfere when requested by the prisoners to interpose his authority on their behalf against an illegal civil process, and also refused to countermand the order the illegal, oppressive, and unofficer-like order of one of his captains. Moreover, having taken the oath of office <as of the State of >, he was by virtue of that oath bound to see the laws faithfully executed, and not, as in this instance, see them violated and trodden under foot, and even prompt <one of> his officer<s> in his lawless course. Thus he violated his solemn pledges and oath of office.
As went to the door he met with some 20 men, they having come to guard the prisoners to jail. accompanied to (Captain) Justice Robert F. Smith, who gave as a cause for issuing the warrant of committal, that the prisoners were not personally safe at the . then requested the to have a company of troops from some other county detailed to guard the jail. [p. 24]