had not been lost in sleep all night, and that she did not be live that the testimony of the said Asenath and Maria could be true.

Mr. Enoch Baker, who is a very respectable man, and as mach to be believed as any other man, testified, That he and Mr. Fry were vestrymen of St. George's church, about one mile from the place where the said Asenath and Maria resided, that having heard of the report which Col. Halsey and Dr. Downer had raised against Mr. Rogers, they were ap pointed a committee in behalf of said church, to go to the house of Elisha Geer, and make faithful inquiry into the truth of it; that in the fore part of April, 1818, Mr. Fry and he went to the house of said Geer and inquired faithfully of him of the said Asenath, of her mother, and of all the family, and that they all declared positively, that Mr. Rogers was abso lutely innocent of the crimes now charged upon him, or o any other misconduct at their house, or within their knowl edge or belief; and that the testimony which they had now given, was wholly contrary to what they had informed them that they must have lied one way or the other, and that he did not think that any confidence ought to be placed in them that they also went to the house of Mr. Browning, and inquired faithfully of him and his wife and could not find that Mr. Rogers was any way guilty of what is now laid to his charge, or of any improper conduct; that they so reported, and their report was unanimously accepted by the church.

Mr Peleg Fry, was the next witness, and is a man of respectability, of truth, and veracity. He testified that he went as a committee with Mr. Baker, to the house of Mr. Geer and M. Browning; that what Mr. Baker had testified was true and that Mrs. Browning informed them that she was at the house of Mr. Geer, on the night when she was said to be delivered, and staid till eleven o'clock, and administered to her in a manner that she would have been likely to discover if she was in child birth, and that she did not know or believe any such thing. The following documents were then delivered to the Justice and Lanman, as evidence in the case.

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2d. The certificate of Elisha Geer and family, and of PerClark and family, in which, the year after she was said to have been delivered of the supposed child, under their own hands, they cleared me of these charges, or of any other impropriety of conduct. [See page 87.]

3d. The letter of the said Asenath, dated August 6th, 1818, to James Cook, Esq. in which she says, whatever misfortunes may have befallen her, they are not justly chargeable to Mr. Rogers. (See page 89.)

4th. The certificate containing the Report of the committee of St. George's church, in Jewitt City; that they had been in person to the house of Elisha Geer, &c. the same as Mr. Baker and Mr. Fry now testified.

5th. The unanimous vote of the wardens and vestrymen of the said St. George's church, accepting and approving of the said report.

6th. The deposition of Capt. Thomas Miller, in which he testified that he heard Ebenezer Latham agree with Mr. Rogers to be in Jewitt City about the last of October, 1817, and to bid off some of his property, which was to be sold at auction. This was to shew the reason why I was in and about Jewitt City on the week before the said Asenath was said to have been delivered, though I never knew nor heard of such a thing of her, until many months afterwards.

7th. The deposition of Curtis Hickox, Esq. in which he testified, that on that very first day of July, 1817, when I was accused of committing that crime in Griswold, I was at his house in Washington, one hundred miles from Griswold, that he there and then paid me $40, in money, and took my receipt in full, dated at his house, one hundred miles from Grisvery first day-of July, 1817.

8th. The deposition of Dr. Wells Beardslee, in which he testified that I was in Kent, [near Washington,] one hundred miles from Griswold, on the first day of July, 1817, and for some time before, and that I was not in Griswold.

9th. The deposition of Homer Swift, Esq. in which he 'testified the same as Dr. Beardslee.

Derby, April 21st, 1818. 10th. Certificate of Mr. Joel Chatfield.-I do hereby certify, that I have been one of the wardens of the Episcopal parish of Union church, in Derby, for many years last past, and was one of the committee who employed the Rev. Ammi Rogers to preach in said church, which he did a part of the time for about seven years; that I have been personally and intimately acquainted with him for about 14 years last past; that about seven years of that time he made my house his home, and boarded in my family, when he was in the parish,and has occasionally made my house his home, ever since, and that I have always found him a very able, faithful, pious and exemplary clergyman; a man of truth, honor and strict integrity, and no way justly liable to reproach for any immorality or impropriety of conduct; that I have been a member,and attended several of the conventions of the Episcopal church, in the state in which the case of Mr. Rogers was attempted to be discussed, and from what I myself, have seen and heard in said conventions, I am fuily convinced, that the ecclesiastical proceedings against him, have been not only unconstitutional and void, but unfair, oppressive, and cruel in the highest degree. JOEL CHATField.

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ble part of the time for between 5 and 6 years last past, and is How the settled minister of the Episcopal church in this place; that the deponent has usually attended all the society and church meetings of said church; that in those meetings he has never known or heard of a vote or voice against said Rogers, except one man, who has long since sold his property and gone off. The deponent further says, that he has attended the convention of the Episcopal church in this state, and has made particular inquiry, and also when he was a member of the legislature of this state last fall at New-Haven, he made inquiry, and is fully satisfied that nothing has appeared in any proper manner, to the disadvantage of the said Rogers; and the deponent says, that he considers the character of the said Rogers, among his parishioners and most intimate acquaintance, to be, and to have been, good, as a minister, and as a man, and equal to that of ministers of the Gospel in general; and further the deponent saith not.-Dated at liebron, the 26th day of April, 1819.

THOMAS WElls. Tolland County, ss. Hebron, April 26th, 1819. Personally appeared Thomas Wells, signer of the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated, were the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. before ine, STEWART BEEBE, Justice of Peace. Opened in Court. F. Corr, Justice of Peace. Hiram Haughton, of Hebron, in the county of Tolland and state of Connecticut, of lawful age, deposeth and saith, that he now is, and for many years last past has been, one of the wardens of St. Peter's church in said Hebron; that he has been well acquainted with the character of the Rev. Ammi Rogers ever since he has preached in said Hebron, and that he considers it to be good. The deponent says that the said

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time, for between five and six years last past, and is now the settled minister of the Episcopal church, in this town; that ever since the said Rogers has preached in said Hebron, he his made his, the deponent's house, his home, and has boarded in his family when he was in the parish; and that he considers the conduct of tho said D.

man, publicly and privately, to be good. The deponent says, that he has generally attended all the society meetings and church meetings of said Episcopal church; and that in these meetings he has never known nor heard of a hand or a voice against said Rogers, except one man, who has long since sold his property and gone off; that he considers the conduct and character of the said Rogers, among his parishioners and most intimate acquaintance, to be good, and equal to that of the ministers of the Gospel in general and further the deponent saith not.-Dated at Hebron, the 26th day of April, HIRAM HAUGHTON.

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Tolland County, ss. Hebron, April 26th, 1819. Personally appeared Hiram Haughton, signer of the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated, are the truth, the whole truth, and nothingbut the truth, before mé, STUART BEEBE, Justice of the Peace.

Shipman Haughton, of the town of Hebron, in the county of Tolland, and state of Connecticut, of lawful age, deposeth and saith, that he has been well acquainted with the character of the Rev. Ammi Rogers for more than twenty years last past; that he had brothers and sisters, and relations, whe lived under the ministry of the said Rogers, while he resided in the state of New York; that he himself was there, and from his own knowledge, and from the best information which he has been able to obtain, the character of the said Ammi Rogers is good as a minister, and as a man, and as a christian, &c. [the same as that of Mr. Wells and Mr. Hiram Haughton, and sworn before the same Justice of the Peace, at the same time.]

On the part of the state, Asenath was again called and exThis she amined as to the letter addressed to Capt. Cook. wholly denied to be her hand writing, or that she ever saw it, or knew any thing of it; but since, she has confessed that it was her letter, and written by her, and that it was true, and that she never should have denied it. had it not been for Col. Halsey and others; the hand writing was, however, compared

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