A. Because part of my family wrote letters and communications to Mr. Pomeroy, and they were sent to his house, and conveyed to his hands.

Q. Do you know, of your own knowledge, these letters, &c.&c. came into Mr. Pomeroy's hands?

A. I do; because he came to our house in consequence of the letters.

Q. What did Mr. Pomeroy say to the contents of the letters, &c. &c.

A. He came to our house to enquire out the character of one Joanna Southcott, from whom he had, he said, received a letter, and enquired particularly as to her character, and whether I thought her in the possession of a sound mind and understanding.

Q. When you told Mr. Pomeroy your opinion of Joanna's character, did he make any observations upon the contents of the letters, &c. he had received?

A. Mr. Pomeroy said, a man had told him that Joanna had prophesied lies. I replied, I was sure she had not, for she prophesied nothing but truth. Mr. Pomeroy then said, "I should be glad "to see her;" and 1 accordingly sent for her.

Q. Did Joanna then come?

A. She did.

GL. What passed upon the meeting of Joanna and Mr. Pomeroy, in your presence?

A. She read to Mr. Pomeroy communications; and after Joanna left Mr. Pomeroy, he sa:d to me, •£ she will be out of her mind soon; I should not "wonder if it was in a few weeks; but that he should "be very happy if he could do any thing for her." We then parted.

Q, How long after the last interview did any other letters or meeting take place, between Joanna and Mr. Pomeroy?

A. About two or three months, when Joanna requested an interview with Mr. Pomeroy, at Mr. Taylor's house, which accordingly took place.

Q. Were you present at that meeting?

A. Yes, I was; for Joanna had requested of me, that I should not leave the room whilst Mr; Pomeroy was there, and if I would not do so she would not go into the room; for she said, she was ordered not to ice him without a witness. I accordingly did so, and Joanna ordered our family not to call me out wh'le Mr. Pomeroy stopped; I accordingly remained the whole of the time that Mr. Pomeroy and Joanna were together.

Q.. Do you recollect what particularly happened ,at that meeting?

A. Yes; Joanna told Mr. Pomeroy of what would speedily happen in the world, ancVread to hirn some of her communications; and at that meeting told Mr. Pomeroy, that she was the Bride mentioned in the Scripture, and particularly mentioned to him about Judas betraying our Lord.

GL Was there any thing in the previous part of the conversation, that led to the observation of Joanna concerning Judas bctrajing his Lord?

A, I do not know that there was.

Q. Was there any particular comment, made by Joanna, concerning Judas betraying his Lord?

A. There was a creat deal said, but I do not recollect what.

Q.. Was there any observation, in your recollection, that was made by Joanna, that such a character as Judas would again be found upon the earth?

A. No, there was not; but Joanna particularly described the character of Judas, to which Mr. Pomeroy replied, "I never understood it so." Joanna then said, <a.nd looked at him with particular earnestness,) "I was ordered to tell you so, Sir." Mr, Pomeroy then said, "Joanna, you have advanced '* things which make me shudder, and I do not know u but it is bordering upon blasphemy." She again repeated those words, " I was ordered to tell you so, "Sir." And in the course ol the conversation repeated the same '.several times, and said, "I know ** what blasphemy is, but I was ordered to tell you "these things." In reply to some observations made by Joanna, Mr. Pomeroy replied, " it is impossible "for me to tell that all your writings come from the "Spirit of God; I cannot do it; but great part cf "them, I am sure, are; and I beg that you will "make yourself happy, for I do not believe, tliat "one word of your's is from the spirit of the Devil; "and I shall always be happy to see you, Joanna, or to receive any thing from you." But did not say one word about Joanna beins; out of her mind. I do not recollect any thing more that happened at this meeting.

Q. Will you inform us, what you know of papers and letters put into the hands of Mr. Pomeroy from Joanna?

• A. I know that my children has copied the letters of Joanna, and that they have been conveyed into the hands of Mr. Pomeroy, by Mrs. Bird and our two apprentices.

Q. Have you any reason to believe, that these letters and papers were safely conveyed into the hands of Mr. Pomeroy?"

A. I am certain, from the conversations that passed between Mr. Pomeroy and Joanna, that Mr. Pomeroy was in the constant habits of receiving safely the letters sent to iiim; and there was an almost constant correspondence, which passed between Joanna and Mr. Pomeroy, up to the period of her going to Bristol, in the year 1 798; and from there she wrote to me, that she would not return to Exeter, unless Mr. Pomeroy would come forward to examine the truth of her writings.

Q. Did you apply to Mr. Pomeroy?

A. I sent to him through Mrs. Bird, who returned me for answer, that he was willing to meet any, to prove Joanna's writings. I wrote to Joanna, and in consequence she came to Exeter; but before she came I received two letters from her, as to the harvests of J799 and 1800, written in her own hand; and after she came home, she read me the two letters she wrote from Bristol, which were literally fulfilled in those two years.

Q. Do you know what particularly happened after Joanna's return from Bristol, in 1798?

A. She was in the habits of writing 10 Mr. Pomeroy more frequently than before; and he was in the habits of coming to our house to see Joanna.

Q. Do you know of any disagreement, between Joanna and Mr. Pomeroy, about putting his name in print?

A'. I do.

Q. Describe, as nearly as you can, the cause of thai disagreement?

A: It was on the account of bis name being in-» troduced in print, in the writings of Joanna; and he frequently expressed great anger at Joanna, for having so done, and said, he would rather have done any thing than she should have done so, "and if you had "set my house on fire, I would rather have forgiven "you than fordoing this." Joanna then replied, " I "was ordered to do so." Mr. Pomeroy then replied, "the Devil ordered you! and I believe you were "born for my ruin." Mr. Pomeroy seemed verv agitated and faint; so much so, that Mr. Taylor requested me to go in and give Mr. Pomeroy something. I heard Mr. Pomeroy repeatedly say, "my "dear Joanna, do whatever you like, but leave my "name out of the question." Upon another visit he used soothing language to Joanna, and told her, "you have injured me greatly in the opinion of the "world." And he pulled out a paper out of ,his pocket, and said, "I wish you to sign this paper, "for the satisfaction of my friends." But he never said it was to be put in print. Joanna said, "I am "sure I am willing to make you any satisfaction, if "I have injured you." Mr. Pomeroy said, "You <{ know, Joanna, I said* that when you put my "name in print, it was from the Devil." Joanna replied, "I know you did; but you never told me my "writings were from the Devil." Upon which Mr. Pomeroy read the paper, taken from his pocket, and asked Joanna and me to sign it, which we did, considering it only to be an acknowledgment, that Mr. Pomeroy had said, w that the putting his name "in print was from the Devil." I did not read the paper over before I signed it, because Mr. Pomeroy seemed confused; I was so also. I do not believe that Joanna read it before she signed it. She seemed in the utmost Confusion, from the conduct of Mr. Pomeroy; and considered the paper as an acknowledgment only,, that Mr. Pomeroy had said, "the "putting his name in print was from the Devil."

Q. Had you any reason to doubt the truth of the prophecies of Joanna Southcott, in the autumn of 1801?

A. I had, in October, 1801, because her father did not die at the time she predicted; I then asked Joanna, why she had written to her friends, in London, of the time of her father's death? She replied, "I wrote to them as it was given to me, and let it "come as it will, I will deceive no man—my God, I "will deceive no man!" I also had doubts, at other times, when things did not cbme according to my judgment.

Q. After you had signed the paper of Mr. Pomeroy's, what did you say to him r

A. I said, Joanna's writings from the Devil, Sir? I never heard you say such a thing; but always said, they came from a good Spirit. Mr. Pomeroy then took me by the arm and said, "do not nuke your