Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1681-85/6. 299

murder of M^r Christopher Rousby by the hands of Coll
George Talbott, he had immediately acquainted Coll Henry
Darnall therewith on Saturday last the first of this instant very

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late at night, that on Sonday Morning they both together
issued out their warrant to the Sheriff of Calvert County to
make diligent search and enquiry by Land and water in all
parts of his Bailywick for the said Coll Talbott & him where-
soever he should be found to apprehend and take into
Custody in ord^r to be brought to his tryall That after the
issueing of the said warrant to the Sheriff, They the said Coll
Henry Darnall and Maj^r Nicholas Sewall in Company with M^r
Robert Carvile & John Llewellin went on board The Quaker-
Ketch Capt. Thomas Allen Command^r then lyeing in Pottuxen
River being The Kings Mann of Warr, where they had also
been informed that the murder was Committed, and the said
Coll Talbott deteined Prisoner; when they came on board
they demanded in his L^sps name the delivery up of the Prisoner
to be brought to tryall here in this Governm^t where the ffact
was committed, and where onely and properly the same was
cognizable; but the Captain notwithstanding such demand
thrice made, still peremptorily refused to deliver the Prisoner.
They the said Coll Henry Darnall and Maj^r Sewall then pro-
ceeded to lett him know that he had not (in their opinion)
civilly and fairely comported himself to the Governm^t for that
(they Conceived) he ought upon his arrivall here in this Prov-
ince, and before he had exercised his Comission here, to have
applyed himself to the Governm^t and acquainted them there-
with; To which he roughly replyed, that for the Governm^t he
had nothing to doe with it, his business was onely with the
Kings Collecto^r who then lay murdered aboard his Ketch by
Talbott then his prisoner whom they demanded, They
answered that as he bore his Majesties Commission it had
been but civill, and what they thought he was obleiged to, to
have made knowne the same to the Governm^t in what part of
the Kings Dominions soever he should come for otherwise
any Pirate or other Robber might upon pretence of such Com-
mission come and doe what mischiefe they pleased in harbour,
and be gone again before any provision could be made to
suppress them, whereupon in some seemeing disturbance he
produced his Commission and Instructions, by all w^ch it did
not any waies appeare to them that he had that power given
him, which he assumed to himself, of comeing into this or any
other place or Governm^t within his Maj^ties Dominions, to har-
bour without giveing notice thereof and makeing the Gov-
ernm^t acquainted with his Commission

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The said Sewall ffurther acquainted the board that the
Ketch arrived in Pottuxen River Thursday afternoone about

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