John Garrot Sworn Saith he tied [?] the Sd Negroe to tree[?] on a log[?] & whipped her pretty severely but nothing out of the [?]-Shortly after She drank plenty[?] of Water & he Stopt her from drinking; Shortly She complained of a Blindness & Shorting[?] in her stomach [??] about two hours or an our[?] or so in the night that he whipt her with a Strop[?] of Cather[?] about the size of a Common [?] String[?]

thought not More than a moderate Correction agreeable to the Crime. Think on a Rogh[?] [?] on they didn't Give said Negroe woman more than Sixty or Sixty five Stripes but can't say Positively in the time of whipping She wanted water he thought it was [??] at the time, after they let her loose she went & Drank Very Extravagantly & Mr. Garrott Stopy her from Drinking ... further Saith he thinks the cause of them Running away (as they the Sd Negro [?] decsd[?] & her Daughter had been Run away about Eleven Days) was mainly to aggravate their Master to Sell them as they did not wish to work with him

Saith he Believe the Negro woman had drank so much water that it occasioned a [?] in her Stomach that he could hear the water in her stomach when she would turn over all the Complaint he heard from the Negro woman was something[?] in her Stomach & Shortness of Breath