this, the Governor was' about to grant war rants for the arrest of Atwood and Weaver, upon what ground does not precisely appear, upon learning which they fled to New Jer sey, from whence they found their way, Atwood under the name of Jones and Weaver under that of Jackson, to Virginia, where they succeeded in procuring a pas sage in an English man-of-war, and returned to England. When Bayard and Hutchins were released from prison, they sent a petition to the Queen and Privy Council, that they might be allowed to appeal to it from the judgments and sentences against them, setting forth in detail all the circumstances. Their applica tion was referred to the legal advisers of the
Crown, who reported that the proceedings were extraordinary, and that the appeal should be granted, which was allowed. Bay ard also brought suits for damages against Atwood, the two associate justices, and some of the grand jurors, claiming in each suit 10,000 damages, and with the assistance of his two counsel, the notes he was enabled to take himself, and the recollection of per sons who were present, prepared a full re port of the trial, which was printed in the autumn of 1702 1 in New York, by order of Lord Cornbury, and reprinted in London in 1703, the London edition having a detailed statement of what occurred after the trial.
- 4 CoL Doc. 972.
