Turtle's affidavit was a curiosity. It covered all the "p'ints," as he called them—"all the 'ish-ers' of law and all the 'ish-ers' of fact."
According to this document, he set up error in the judgment below:—
1. "'Cause the justis' had counselled with the defendant, and had sworn to go for her anyhow.
2. "'Cause the justis' allowed Sile Bates, one of the jurymen, to leave the jury, and pettifog for Charity Beadle.
3. "'Cause there wern't but five jurymen to try the cause, and there had orter been six.
4. "'Cause counsel hadn't mor'n half got through arguing the case to the jury, when the justis' shut them off, and forcibly sent out the jury to deliberate on their verdict.
5. "'Cause the justis' err'd in everything from the beginnin' to the end of the cause.
6. "'Cause he 'low'd Charity Beadle's set-off, which was agin all kind-er law, and never heer'd on in the books.
7. "'Cause the justis' drank liquor while he was tryin' the cause.
8. "'Cause the justis' got inter a passion while he was tryin' the cause.