Justices for the County of Tryon wherein they certify that the said George Any has heretofore always behaved himself as a peaceable Subject of the State & that they Imagin that his late Misconduct has proceeded from the Insinuations of some designing & deceitful Persons 5c recommended it to us to admit the said George Any to Bail and we having taken the same into Consideration do order that the said George Any be liberated from his Confinement on entering into a Recognizance for his future good Behaviour Appearance before any one of the Commissioners of Conspiracies or any judicial Authority when called upon.

George Any on Recognizance in. . . £200 : o : o Godfrey Any his Bail in ... £200 -- 0:0 Johannis Groenenfragh, Johannis P. Wighman, Casper Smith and Frederick Mouche four German Deserters from

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Burgoyne's Army having been concerned in several Rob- 1779 July 9. beries and having been of the Party who made an Attempt to rob Jacob Cooper were apprehended & brought before the Board & severally examined Ordered that they be [88] confined and that a Mittimus be made out to the Goaler to receive them into his Custody and safely keep them.

The Board then adjourned

Met Albany 10 th July 1779 1779 July 10. Present Jeremiah Van Renselaer ) j j j) Fonda Mathew Visscher j (

As the German Prisoners Yesterday confined are not able to express themselves so as to be understood by any of