Deponent is a witness who testifies under oath. Deponent is not the informant, nor is Mr. Jackson, Mr. Bernard, or Mr. Pottinger. If I tell you something, and you go tell it under oath, that makes you the snitch, not me. Who was the deponent (witness) in this case? And who was the informant? It seems these are two separate individuals, and that neither of those individuals was "Mr. Jackson"
To be honest with you, basic inference should've made it plainly obvious that the Deponent is a law enforcement officer and that what you're reading is his written (sworn) statement of what he either witnessed or has investigated, but the fact that you failed such elementary deduction tells me out the gate that you're operating under motivated reason(or you're an idiot), which I find ironic since you swore earlier that you're not emotionally hurt or invested in what I said about 50. Well, nikkas don't purposely lie, obstruct, or damage control for shyt that doesn't have them in their feelings.
Anyway, if you read the entire document you would've realized that the Deponent is identified at the bottom of the page as
Detective William Fitzgerald. I might add that Page 1 of the paper work makes this more clear, if you want me to post that or more information about the officer just let me know. Now as for context, what you're looking at is commonly refereed to as a criminal complaint(
I've seen it also referred to as an arrest affidavit too), its a type of affidavit document, hence the deposing.
You see, an arrest, by itself, doesn’t initiate a criminal proceeding. Rather, the filing of a document in court is required. In most instances in state court, the document is a “complaint.” I won't go into too much detail but a criminal complaint typically list the following:
- the defendant
- the party filing the complaint (for example, “The People of the State of New York” or “United States of America”)
- the date of the alleged offenses
- the alleged offenses (including the relevant statutes, and whether the violations are misdemeanors or felonies), and
- some kind of description of the alleged facts underlying those offenses.
- criminal complaints must be submitted in writing under oath. This means that the party filing the complaint must swear that the information contained in the complaint is accurate and truthful.
For more detail, see
Criminal Complaint.