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and Mr. Appleton received a Letter from him; in Anſwer thereto, with this Accouet, That the ſaid John Palmer had lived there about three quarters of a Year, and was accuſed before him of Sheep-ſtealing; whereupon he iſſued out his Warrant againſt Palmer; who was thereupon apprehended, but made his Eſcape from the Conſtable; and ſoon after ſuch his Eſcape, Mr. Delamere had ſeveral Informations lodged before him againſt the ſaid Palmer, for Suſpicion of Horſe-ſtealing: And that Palmer's Father did not live at Long Sutton, neither did he know where he lived; therefore deſired Palmer might be ſecured, and he would make further Inquiry about the Horſes ſtolen, and he would bind over ſome Perſons to proſecute him at the next Aſſizes. Upon the Receipt of Mr. Delamere's Letter, Mr. Appleiton immediately ſent; a Meſſenger to Mr. Crowle, who came to Beverley next Morning, and finding Palmer to be ſo great a Villain, did not think it ſafe for him to ſtay any longer in Beverley Houſe of Correction, ſo Mr. Appleton required him again to find Sureties for his Appearance at the next Aſſizes; and for Want thereof he made his Commitment to York Caſtle, Handcuffed, and under the Guard of George Smith and Joſhua Milner, who were directed by Mr. Appleton to conduct him ſafe to York Caſtle, and did it accordingly. About a month after Palmer was ſent from Beverley Houſe of Correction to York Caſtle, two Persons came out of Lincolnſhire, and challenged a Mare and a Foal which Palmer had ſold to Captain Dawſon of Ferraby, and alſo the Horſe
