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i 

 at this, to him awful sight, sufficiently to ask 



his father the meaning of what he saw, business 

 commenced, by some one calling in a loud voice 

 for the " witnesses against William Johnson." 



Presently a man forced his way through the 

 crowd, whom Henry immediately recognised 

 as Thomas Morris, whom his father often em- 

 ployed as a carpenter about the house. This 

 man stepped into another little pen, where he 

 could be seen both by the prisoner and the 

 magistrates. The clerk handed him a Testa- 

 ment, and told him to swear that the evidence 

 he was about to give was " the truth, the 

 whole truth, and nothing but the truth/' The 

 witness pressed the book to his lips ; the clerk 

 sat down, and the magistrate who sat on the 

 highest seat in the middle, asked him his 

 name and occupation. 



He answered distinctly, " Thomas Morris, 

 carpenter." 



" Now state what you have to say against 

 the prisoner." 



