Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 373

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis on Wednesday
the 15^th day of August in the Ninth year of his Lordships
Dominion Annoq Domini 1759.

Present
His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq. Governor

Lib. J. B.

& U. S.

The Honble

Benjamin Tasker Esq^r
Col^o Charles Hammond
Col^o Benjamin Tasker

D Dulany Esq^r
S BordleyEsq^r

His Excellency is Pleased to lay before this Board the
following Letter and report

Sir
I Transmit to you a Copy of a Letter which I Received
from the Judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer Lately
held at Lewis for the County of Sussex, the Grand Jury
rejected a Bill laid before them by the Attorney General
against John Willey for the Murder of William Outten, but
found one for Manslaughter to which he pleaded Guilty
and was branded with the Letter M, on the brawn of the left
Thumb.
The Judges at my Instance gave a Strict Charge to the
Inhabitants who live near the Borders to be Particularly
Careful of their Behaviour and to live Peaceably and
Friendly with their Neighbours of Maryland giving no just
Cause of Offence: and I am Persuaded if the Magistrates
of the Bordering Counties in your Province are ordered to
do their Duty and will forbear to extend their Process to
Places quietly Possed for a course of years by M^r Penns
Tenants and not reputed to be within the Maryland Juris-
diction that the Peace will be Well Preserved and no more
of these Unhappy Quarrels break out
We may every day expect to hear that the agreement be-
tween the two Proprietarys of the two Provinces which is
said by M^r Penn to be so far Advanced will be compleated
and an end thereby Put to all doubts about Property and
Jurisdiction.
I am Sir
Your Excellencys most Obed^t
and most Humble Serv^t
William Denny
His Excellency Governor Sharpe.

Sir
At the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Goal delivery
held at Lewis in Sussex on the 25^th 26^th and 27^th Instant:

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