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

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Already been Taken and may hereafter be Taken by Virtue
of any Warrant or process of the Magistrates or Court of
Sussex County on Account of any Tumult Riot or Conspiracy
relating to William Outten, That he will be Likewise pleased
to order that all such persons now in Sussex County as were
present at and Active in the Disturbance at Willeys House
in Opposition to the Deputy Sheriff or that Came thither

with an Intent to Oppose him in the Discharge of his duty

may be apprehended and Delivered over to the sheriff of
Worcester County (who may be ordered to attend on the
Borders on any day to be Appointed to receive them) for
their Trials in this province.
And Lastly that he will be pleased to order and Direct the
Magistrates officers & other great men of Sussex County so
to Demean themselves for the future that not only no Like
Disturbances may hereafter arise amongst the Borderers but
that the Inhuman Spirit which at present too much prevails
amongst them may be Discouraged & Suppressed.

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that the following
Letter be entered

Annapolis 18^th April 1759.
Sir.
Some days after my Return from Philadelphia I received
from one of our Provincial Justices Several Depositions that
had been made before himself and some of the Justices of the
Peace for Somerset and Worcester Counties in this Province
Relative to the Death of William Outten lately a Deputy
Sheriff in the County of Worcester, The Gentlemen of the
Council being Sitting here at the Time that the Depositions
came to my hands. I immediately laid em before them
together With the Copies of Depositions (concerning the
Same Affair) that M^r Peters put into my hands by your
order when I was at Philadelphia and I desired the Gentle-
men after they had read and considered the Depositions to
Give me their opinion and Advice thereupon, which they
have Accordingly done as you will see by a Copy of their
report which I now send you together with Copies of the
above mentioned Depositions not Doubting but you will be
thereby Satisfied of the Propriety of this Application and
be induced to Comply with the following requests which on
this Occasion I think it my Duty to make to you, That you
will be Pleased to give the necessary orders to the several
Majestrates and Officers within your Governments that
Willey and Sharpe mentioned in the Depositions may be
apprehended and delivered at such time as you shall think fit