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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

are by no Means inclinable to be considered as a Party in the
Affair, not having done more than informed your Excellency
of the Behaviour of the Col³ Veazey and Bayard as Justices
and expect to satisfy your Excellency of the Truth of the
Facts they are charged with; as we are no ways interested
in the Matter have not applied for Summons's to sundry
Persons by whom the several Matters might be farther illus-
trated, nor have applied to any Council to enforce our Testi-
mony: tho' we are credibly informed that those Gentlemen
have not only procured Subpenas' from the Provincial Court
for a Number of Persons to testify as against us, but also
employed Council; we therefore humbly hope, as the Affair
depends on Facts, that no Council will be allowed to appear
for the said Col^s Veazey and Bayard, more than for, your
most obedient humble Servants.
W^m Thornton. Sidney George. Geo: Read. Cha^s Gordon.
G.. Milligan Francis Key. Geo: Catto. Benjⁿ Moody. Beale
Borley. James Baxter.
Annapolis Apr. 15. 1758: —

p. 236

The Parties complaining of the Behaviour of Col^o Veazey
and Col: Bayard as Magistrates of Cecil County, and the
said Col^s Veazey and Bayard attending according to Sum-
mons of this Board were called in, and the Remonstrance
preferred the 25^th January last was read, the Parties com-
plaining were heard in Support of the said Remonstrance,
and the Def^ts were heard by Council in their Justification,
and several Witnesses examined, and they were then ordered
to withdraw.
The Members of the Council declared their Opinion to his
Excellency as follows.

To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq: Governor of
Maryland.
Your Excellency having been pleased to do us the Honour
to require our Assistance in an Enquiry into the Conduct of
Col: Veazey and Bayard Justices of Cecil County in Respect
of the Matters contained in a Remonstrance signed by several
of the Inhabitants of that County and addressed to your
Excellency, we beg Leave to report with due Deference to
your Excellency, the Facts which appeared to us to be proved
in the Course of a long Examination of Witnesses and other
Evidence and after having heard Council thereto who at-
tended on the Behalf of the said Magistrates.
I^st It was clearly proved that Col: Bayard certified the
Probate of an Account, the Caption whereof he antedated,