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he this Depon^t & the other Persons mentioned were Confined
ten days and obliged to attend two Courts afterwards before
they were discharged and this Depon^t further deposeth and
Saith that there never was any Indictment or Information
found or Exhibited against this Depon^t or the other persons
af^d that he knows or ever heard of and that he knows not why
he and the other Persons herein before mentioned were taken
and Imprisoned Save that he has heard it was for working for
the said Cressop on his said Land.
Sworn 25^th October 1735
before B: Young p Philip Crever

Upon reading and considering the Depositions aforegoing
It is advised resolved and Ordered that Proclamation issue for
the apprehending Edward Smnot Sam^l Smith James Arm-
strong John Powell Joshua Lowe James Mitchel John Mitchel
jun^r John Wilkins Joshua Hitching bottom Thomas Brown and
William Baker with a Reward of Ten Pounds for Each of them
w^ch Proclamation issued as follows

Maryland ss.

By his Excellency Samuel Ogle Esq^r Governor and Com-
mander in Chief in and over the Province of
Maryland.

A Proclamation

Whereas it appears by the Examination of several Witnesses
upon Oath that Edward Smoot Samuel Smith James Arm-
strong John Powell Joshua Lowe James Mitchell John Mitchell
jun^r John Wilkins Joshua Hitchinbottom Thomas Brown and
William Baker on the fourteenth day of this Instant October
and divers Other Persons to the Number of Twenty five in all,
armed with Weapons offensive and defensive in a riotus man-
ner met and assembled together in Baltimore County and
assaulted beat wounded and imprisoned several of his
Majestys Subjects Inhabitants of the said County and with
force and Arms have turned them out of their freeholds and
Possessions and put many others in great fear and Dread of
their Lives to the Great Disturbance of the Peace wherefore I
have thought fit with the Advice of his Lordships Council of
State to issue this my Proclamation hereby strictly charging
and commanding the Sheriff of Baltimore County and all Other
his Lordships Officers Civil and Military within this Province
to take and apprehend the said Edward Smoot Sam^l Smith
James Armstrong John Powell Joshua Lowe James Mitchell
John Mitchell jun^r Jn^o Wilkins Joshua Hitchinbottom Thomas

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