+ <​he was​> picked up in while attending to his lawful business, picked up & ironed, & thrown in jail without any form of law, conveyed to , in the custody of a ruffian, who swore false in the hope of getting a reward, kept in irons all the way, lodged in Jail without even the form of an inquiry; chained double in a filthy, damp, unventilated dungeon, chained hand & foot so that he could not straighten for months, till his body was reduced to a <​mere​> skeleton, & he unable to walk when the Irons were taken off, & <​he had to be​> led <​to the ​>; <​half​> fed on the refuse of what dogs would not eat; his case presented to a grand jury, & not evidence enough to warrant them in <​even​> finding an indictment, after which the Court in the plenitude of their justice transmit the innocent & unindicted man <​back​> to the dungeon he without fire, provisions, or any other comfort; hoping <​by this torture​> no doubt to produce death <​or force him to​> by his his great suffering; dismiss him <​accede to an infamous proposition “that whether Jo Smith was guilty or innocent only come out against him, you shall have your liberty and receive a liberal reward”​> after months have passed away <​without any shadow of law​> the door is opened, privately, & he is told “to slip off privately or the people will hang you”.— keep out of if you dont want such treatment as this; for <​the​> Averys, & many others, have been very thankful to get away with their lives, but stay at home— [p. 88c2]