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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Cubberdel Jun. John Cubberdel Jun. Thomas Daughters,
William Daughters and William Mullinux for not delivering
Lists of their Several Taxables to the Constables agreeable to
the directions of an Act of Assembly of this Province, That
upon these Several Indictments the Usual process were by
order of the Same Court Issued against the before named
several persons Returnable to March Court now last past
at which Time they were all severally returned Non Est In-
ventus by Benjamin Handy Esq^r high Sheriff of the said
County except the one against William Mullinux which is
returned by the said Sheriff in the following Words. " I
hereby Certify to the Justices in the Within Writt mentioned
that I executed the Same on the Body of the Within named
William Mullinux and that he Immediately by force rescued
himself out of my Custody." It Appears to us from the
papers Annexed that the Subject Matter of the present In-
quiry has Taken its rise from the Deputy sheriff of Worces-
ter County his Attempting to Serve the before mentioned
process on Some of the persons against Whom Indictments
had been found as aforesaid of Which we begg leave to
State the following Matterial particulars.
Benjamin Handy who had then been but lately quallified
as high Sheriff of Worcester County on or about the 25
December Last appointed William Outten as one of his Sub
Sheriffs to Act in the Upper part of that County and then
Delivered him several precepts to be served on as many
persons in that District and amongst the rest one against the
aforesaid John Willy. That the aforesaid William Outten as
Deputy Sheriff and Several Other persons as Assistants at
his request went with him to the House of the af s^d John Willy
in order to Serve the process upon him and finding him at
home William Outten the Deputy Sheriff Attempted to serve
the process Accordingly but Willy by getting into his Loft
and there defending himself against the Deputy Sheriff who

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several times made the Attempt, prevented his Serving the
process upon him by striking at Outten with a Large Club
Which Willy then had with him but it being at Last proposed
by one present that all endeavours to take Willey should be
Stopped and the Matter Referred to the Magistrates of
Worcester and Sussex Counties to be by them Amicably
settled it was readily agreed to by the said Outten and Willey
upon which the said Willey requested Outten and all those
with him to set down which Outten and the Greatest part of
them did and in a Short Time afterwards when Outten & his
Company was about to Return home, one John Sharpe
(against whom Likewise Outten had process with him) and
Pennington Welch Came to the Doore Sharpe with a Stick