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

Lib. J. R.

& U. S.

haviour of some of the Magistrates of Sussex County, who
tho Sharpe upon his Examination before them confessed that
himself Willey and Several Other persons had before the
death of Outten agreed together to withstand & Murther the
said Outten if he should Attempt to Execute any process
upon them & who repealed by Cautioning the said Sharpe to
take Care of what he said that he was Certainly Mistaken
and that they could never combine to do such an Act and
tho he as Often in relating the Transaction repeated the
agreement to withstand and murther Outten and at Last
Declared it signified nothing denying it they did agree as
aforesaid and Altho Sharpe upon his Examination aforesaid
Declared that he and the several other persons whom process
had Issued against, out of Worcester County Court would
have Submitted to such process but that the great men of
Sussex County would not permit them would not Suffer
either of these Declarations to be Inserted in his Examination
And We have too much reason from what appears from the
view of these papers to Conclude that the Magistrates and
great men of Sussex County have Not a little Contributed
to raise in the Borders that malevolent Spirit which has so
manifestly discovered it self in the Death of the Deputy
Sheriff of Worcester County, It appears from the Deposi-
tions of Several Antient Witnesses that the place were this
fact was committed to wit John Willeys dwelling plantation
is Considerably within the antient reputed Bounds and Lim-
itts of Maryland and that Several Inhabitants to the East-
ward of this place have for many years past (till very Lately)
owned them selves to be Inhabitants of Maryland and have
paid their Taxes and other dues to this Government. We
observe that the Magistrates or great men of Sussex County
have Transmitted to his Honour the Governor of Pensyl-
vania and the three Lower Counties Some papers Relative
to this Affair and amongst the rest is a Copy of a Warrant
granted by the proprietaries of Pensylvania to one Ephraim
Polk dated the 5^th Feb^ry 1747 and by him on the 5^th November
1755 Assigned to one John Willy Jun. who we presume is the
Same person that killed Outten, and this warrant and As-
signment are we Likewise presume, Adduced to Shew, that

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the Land Willey then lived on and where this fact was Com-
mitted is the Land Surveyed by Virtue of this Warrant,
Whence it is to be Inferred that the fact being done on Land
Surveyed under a Pensylvania Warrant, was done in Sussex
County and Consequently within the Jurisdiction of that
Government, But as we think it undoubtedly appears from
the Depositions that John Willey at whose House this fact
was perpetrated, lived at that time a Considerable distance