Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1738. 1 37

Georges County Court of the Conviction of a Certain Negro

named Bess the Slave of a Certain John Beale of the said
County for feloniously attempting to murder with poyson the
af^d John Beale her Master transmitted to his Excellency by
M^r Leonard Hollyday One of the Justices of the said County,
who passed Sentence of Death upon her the said Negro Bess
for the Felony aforementioned, and it appearing to this Board,
that Mary Oneil now under Sentence of Death in Baltimore
County Goal, and Negro Sampson a Slave belonging to John
Rider Esq^r now under sentence of Death in Dorchester
County Goal are Objects of Mercy
It is therefore the humble Advice of this Board to his Ex-
cellency that he would be pleased to grant a Pardon to the
af^d Negro Sampson, and that he would be likewise pleased to
grant a Reprieve to the said Mary Oneil, with a Clause to be
inserted therein that the said Mary Oneil be transported out of
this Province in such time as to his Excellency shall seem proper ;
and forasmuch as the Other condemned Persons are notorious
Offenders, and the Crimes of which they are convict very hein-
ous; It is the Advice of this Board that His Excellency be
pleased to order Warrants to issue for the Execution of them.
His Excellency acquaints this Board that he drew an Order on
Col Charles Hammond Treasurer of the Western Shoar paya-
ble to M^r Onorio Razolini or Order for forty pounds Sterling
dated 7 April 1737 being his Years Salary as Armourer of
this Province ending 4 June 1737 to be paid out of the Money
arising from the Duty of three pence p hh^d for Arms &c.

At a Council held in the Council Chamber on Tuesday the
twenty third Day of May in the twenty fourth year of his
Lordships Dominion Annoq Domini 1738

Present
His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor
Benjamin Tasker Esq^r | James Hollyday Esq^r
The honourable- George Plater Esq^r | Col Charles Hammond
Edmund Jenings Esq^r | Col Levin Gale

His Excellency lays before this Board the Address of the
Upper House of Assembly presented to him yesterday by the
Members thereof.

To His Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of
Maryland

The humble Address of the Upper House of Assembly
May it please Your Excellency —
Our Inclination to serve the Country We live in, and the
Honour of Our House oblige Us to acquaint Your Excel-

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