Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 325

The Jurors for his Lordship the Right Honble the Lord
Proprietary that now is for the Body of Worcester County
upon their Oath present that John Willey late of Stepney
Parish in the County aforesaid Planter on the XIX day of
June Anno Domini MDCCLVITI being then and there and
in the Hundred of Nanticoke a resident taxable Person, and
the master of a Family by John Houston Jun^r one of the
Constables of the County and Hundred aforesaid duly qualli-
fied and sworn then and there was required to Deliver unto
him the said John Houstin according to the Act of Assembly
in such Cases made and provided a just List of his Taxables,
which the said John Willey to do altogether refused and then
and there did Secrete Conceal and Refuse to give in unto
the said John Houston, himself as a Taxable Person to the

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Evill Example of all others in such cases Offending, and
against the Peace of the Right Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary that now is his good Rule and Government, &
against the form of the Act of Assembly in such cases made
and Provided & so forth
W^m Hayward for Prop^ry
Witnesses John Houston Ju & Will^m Allagood.

Indictments also Verbatum with the above found severally
against Ezekel Joynes, Walter Kimmy, Edmond West, Dan-
iel Hopkins, Elijah Collins, John Lane Thomas Passwaters,
Barnitt Kirk, William Lofley, James Ingram, John Sharpe,
Evan Morgan, Richard Cubberdel, Richard Cubberdel Jun.
John Cubberdel, John Cubberdel Jun. Thomas Daughters,
William Daughters and William Mullinux Upon which sev-
eral Indictments (by the Courts order) were Issued the usual
Process against the several Delinquents Returnable to March
Court Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty and
Nine, which process by the present Sheriff to wit, Benjamin
Handy Gent, are all Returned Non est Inventus except the
precept on the Indictment against William Mullinex afore-
said which is by the Sheriff aforesaid returned in these words
following to wit, I hereby Certify to the Justices in the With-
in Writt mentioned that I executed the Same on the Body of
the Within named William Mullinex and that he immediately
by force rescued himself out of my Custody.
I hereby Certifie that these are all the Proceedings by the
County Court of Worcester, relative to the before mentioned
Persons that appears on Record.
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my
[Seal] hand, and affixed the seal of the County of Worces-
ter this 12^th day of March Anno Domini 1759.
H^y Johnson Clk of
Worcester County Court

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