That he is not guilty of the charge preferred against him & which is the pretended cause of his present arrest and imprisonment— but the whole proceedings against him originate in private pique malice & corruption and it is the intention of his persecutors to take your out of the limits of the State of and before a tribunal from which he has every reason to apprehend that he can not obtain justice

That he does not shrink from a fair & impartial investigation of any charges that may be brought against him— but anxiously seeks & desires the same.

But inasmuch as your s constitutional rights are invaded, his liberty illegally & unjustly taken from him, he prays your Honorable Court to issue its writ of requiring said to bring his your with the cause of his detention & imprisonment <​forthwith​> before your Honors that an investigation may be had into the matters herein set forth & if found to be true that your may be discharged & set free from said unlawful imprisonment.

Sworn to & subscribed before me this 29th. <​30th.​> day of May A.D. 1844.