348 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1716/17.

          C. P. without the Kings Dominions every such Imprisonment being

                thereby declared to be illegall And that if any such Subject

                shall be so Imprisoned he or she may maintain by Vertue of

                that Act An Action or Actions of false Imprisonment in any

                Court of record against the pson or psons by whom he or she

                shall be Committed detained Imprison'd sent Prisoners or

                Transported And against all or any pson or psons that shall

                Contrive frame write Seal Sign or Countersign any warrant or

                writeing for such Comittmt detain Imprisonment or Transpor-

                tation or shall be adviseing aiding or Assisting in the same or

                any of them and that the Plaintiffe in every such Action shall

                recover Triple Costs besides damages And that the damages

                shall not be less than five hundred pounds Sterling and that

                the person or psons who shall knowingly frame Contrive

                write Seal or Countersign any warrant or such Comittmt

                detainer or Transportation or shall Comitt detain Imprison or

                Transport any pson or psons Contrary to that Act or be any

                ways adviseing aiding or Assisting therein being lawfully

                Convicted thereof shall be disabled thence forth to bear any

                Office of Trust or pfitt within the Kings Dominions and

                incurr the Penalties of the Statute of Premunire made in the

                second year of King Richard the Second and be incapable of

                any Pardon from the King for the said forfeiture losses or

                disabilities Excepting such as shall by Contract agree with

                any Merchant or Owner of a plantation or other Psons to be

                transported ad receive Earnest on such Agreemt And such as

                shall be lawfully Convicted of felony and shall in Open Court

                pray to be transported and we whose names are subscribed

                being Imprisoned in upon Suspicion of high Treason

                and in the Custody of the high Sherriffe of And his

                under Sherr Mr and we being Informed that high Sher

                rife under Sherriffe Capt James Butler together with Sr

                Thomas Johnson Richd Guildart Richd Kelsoe Henry & Richd

                Trafford Merchts Severall Masters of Ships and other psons

                unknown to us have Taken or to Transport us

                Virginia or some other Part beyond the Seas and there to

                keep us in Prison or sell & dispose of us as Servants or other

                wise at their wills & pleasures, Now we do declare and give

                notice to you and all other psons that we do not Consent or

                agree to our or any of our being Transported as afd or in any

                other manner by the Psons above named or any them or by

                any other Pson or Psons to any part or parts beyond the Seas

                whatsoever and we do hereby Protest agt the same Unless

                that a Sufficient & legall Warrant Order or Comission be

                Produced and Exhibited to us to transport us in manner aid

                And in Case any Orders warrant or Commission pretended

                Sufficient be produced and Exhibited to us by the afore