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        the offenders may be brought upon a Speedy Tryall and Liber B.

          receive punishmt according to Law.—

          Whereupon the prisoners were Arraigned and brought to

        their Answers by Interpreters being confronted by Mary

        Warrow the Negro woman that escaped, and with a Gun and

        Severall parcells of Clothes which had been taken out of the

        house, where the Murther was Committed and found in their

        Custody, and Sent down by Warcosse the Emperor as though

        taken from the Murtherers, and the prisoners as appeared by

        their Interpreters, acknowledged they knew the Negro woman,

        and that they were both present when the Negro man and child

        were killed, Sometimes confessing and Sometimes denying as

        fearfull & desireing to conceale their Guiltness. And thereupon

        out of divers freemen of the County of St Maries Summoned

        for that purpose a Jury of 24 able persons was impannelled for

        the Tryall their Names being as followeth viz. mr Cuthbt

        ffenwick the foreman mr William Bretton, Lt Nicholas Gwyther,

        mr John Sturman mr Edward Packer, Lt Richard Banks, mr

        Phillip Land, Lieut William Evans, mr John Lawson, mr Richard

        Hoskins, mr WiHrn Johnson, mr John Medley, mr Richard

        Willan, mr Henry Adams mr Robert Cadger, mrJohn Nicholls,

        mr Daniell Clocker mr James Langworth, mr John Thimbleby,

        mr Wm Edwine mr John Taylor, mr John Harwood, mr Zachary

        Wade & mrTho: Sympson,who who being all called and attend-

        ing had their Charge given them upon Oath as followeth viz.

          The Jurors Charge. You Shall Sweare to give in a Just &

        true Verdict according to the best of your understanding

        whether the two Indians now upon Tryall or either of them be

        Guilty of the Murther and the other offences for which they

        Stand Indicted or any of them yea or noe, And this upon the P. 485

        proofes and other Evidences and Circumstances to be pro-

        duced and as they Shall appeare unto you, So help you God

        &c. Upon which the Jury went forth And after Some time of

        consideration had concerning the Matter of their Charge before

        menconed. They returned their Joint Verdict to the Court in

        these words following vizt

          If one or both of these Indian prisoners had not consented

        to the Murther of Capt Daniell Gookins Negroes, they ought

        to have withstood the other Indians in their intended Murther

        or revealed it by Some means, But doing neither and receiving

        Stoin Goods (as they confess) as hired to conceal it. We find

        them Guilty of the foresaid Murther.

          Upon the bringing of which Verdict and Serious considera-

        tion thereupon had by the Court. Judgmt or Sentence passed

        upon the prisoners; That they Should be returned to close

        prison as formerly, and from thence to be conveyed to the

        place of Execution, there to be hanged by the Neck till they