Excerpt from A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Religious Society of the People Called Quakers, in Philadelphia, Against John Evans: To Which Is Added: A Report of the Evidence Delivered on the Trial of the Case of John Evans, Versus Ellis Yarnall and Others; With an Appendix To the Reader, In consequence of the intended publication of the proceedings on the trial between myself and the overseers and some of the committee, of the religious society of the people called Quakers in Philadelphia, in justice to myself, and for the information of my fellow citizens, I have been induced, contrary to my inclinations, to lay the following narrative before the publick. It was my sincere desire, that the curtain of oblivion might be forever drawn over the transaction between the defendants and myself; and no exertion of mine has been wanting, to prevent the publication of the court proceedings; conceiving myself bound in that event, to publish to the world a narration of circumstances, which were not exhibited to the court, in justification of my conduct, as one of the assignees of John Field and John Field & Son, and for the information of their creditors. But, as this desirable end was not effected, it becomes an indispensible duty to myself and my fellow citizens, that the proceedings which originated the prosecution, as well as the prosecution itself, should be exhibited to the publick, that the merits of a cause which has excited much interest amongst the citizens of Philadelphia, might no longer remain in obscurity. The method which presents as most eligible for this purpose, is, by exhibiting at once, a narration of the circumstances, which formed the ground of action in this case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.