Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 207

Manner in which their Soldiers had wounded the People in
Queen Ann's to wit Solomon Senney, John Senney, and
Thomas Bayley they instead of giving them up sent them
away that Night whereby they escaped Justice.
7: Corporal Bevil after a Writ for an Assault was out
against him was delivered to the Sheriff his going with
loaded Pistols about the Streets threatning the Sheriff, and
presenting his Pistols, at the Sheriff, upon the Sheriffs ap-
plying to M^r Calder to deliver up the said Bevil or to advise
him to surrender, he answered that he the said Calder had
nothing to do with him that he was delivered or turned over
to the Royal Americans but that the said Bevil stayed many
Days in Town.
8: When Criminal Precepts were out against their Party
of Soldiers, and they were demanded of the Officers they
answered they would give them up. but in the hearing of,
and before the Magistrates they ordered all their Serjeants,
Drummers, Corporals, and private Soldiers that none of them
should suffer any Civil Officer whatsoever to take them either
on Civil or Criminal Precepts but that they should cut them
to Pieces if they attempt to take them, unless they the
Officers were first applied to, and they gave them up or
ordered them to submit,

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9: M^r Sterling being applied to, M^r Calder being out of
Town to come and suppress the Soldiers firing in the Night
time his refusing to come.
10: Evils complained of to M^r Calder and Sterling by
letting their low infamous Convict Recruits in particular
Thomas Lester have Money and Copper Half pence to pre-
tend to enlist People and upon their insulting people putting
Money in their Cloaths, and of Riots Affrays, and other
Abuses arising thereby and ensuing from such Practices,
detaining old infirm Men under such Tricks purely to extort
smart Money, but they the Officers insisted it was their Duty,
and on the Complaint of Thomas Seally to the Court of his
being beat and detained in that manner by one John Flinn
a Servant to M^r Calder, and upon the Courts hearing the
Matter they discharged Seally, and declared that Flinn being
neither commissioned or Warrant Officer in the Army he
had no Power to enlist Men for the Law had not put such a
Trust into his Hands and advised M^r Calder to put it out of
those Persons Power to have any Pretence to harrass the
People he condemned the Courts Judgment therein, and said
he would make them all Officers next Morning and refused
their Request, and which said Flinn afterwards made the
Assault on M^r Coutts high Sheriff as they this Grand Jury
have presented.

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