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Lib. J. R.
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Afternoon till the Evening when some Gentlemen coming by
repremanded the Mob who had all that Time beset the house
with Clubs and Stones.
John Harwood and William Swallow being Sworn Con-
firm the Deposition of Serjeant Wills and they add that the
said Gerrard Jordon cursed King George and his Soldiers
Sworn before me 30th April John Wills
John Colvill John Harwood
his
William O Swallow
mark
Which Deposition being Read it is the humble Advice of
this Board to his Excellency that a Provincial Magistrate be
directed to send a Warrant for William Harris, Robert Har-
ris, Gerrard Jordon and Joseph Brodway all of St Marys
County and a Duplicate to the Sheriff of Charles County to
appear before suine Provincial Magistrate who shall Cause
the said William Harris Robert Harris Gerrard Jordon
& Joseph Broadway, who shall cause the said Persons to
find Sufficient Sureties for their Appearance at the next
Provincial Court to answer such things as shall be then and
there objected against them
His Excellency having communicated to this Board a
Report made to him by the Justices of Assize of their having-
passed Sentence of Death in Charles County on Samuel
Knowler alias Nollar and Yellow Dick (the Slave of William
Dent) for Store braking and Stealing Sundry Goods and also
against James Macdowell alias John Nicholson for the same
offence and likewise against Edward Butler for Robbing
Trinity Parish Church
Ordered that Dead Warrant issue for the aforesaid
Samuel Knowler alias Samuel Nollar and Yellow Dick to be
hung on Friday the Twenty fourth day of this Instant May
at the common Place of Execution and that Pardons issue
for the said James Macdowell Alias John Nicholson and
Edward Butler.
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