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that he verily believes Jealousy was the whole Cause of said
Burks seeming Disorder and further saith not. Sworn be-
fore the Subscriber one of his Lordships Justices of the
Peace for Queen Anns County the 17^th Day of October
Anno 1759.
Nathan Wright.

Queen Anns County ss^t
Thomas Baker of Queen Anns County Goaler being sworn
on the holy Evangels of Almighty God Deposeth that ever
since John Burke has been in Goal under his care he has

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never observed any Symtoms of Dilirium in the said Burk
but that his Behaviour has been orderly & uniform but Sul-
lentary Sworn to this 18^th Day of October 1759 before
W^m Hopper.

Which being read and considered of It is the humble Ad-
vice of this Board that his Excellency be pleased to Order
Dead Warrant for his Execution on Wednesday the 14^th
of this Instant November.

Read the Several Depositions following Viz^t

Maryland ss^t
The Deposition of John Dehorty of Dorchester County in
the Province aforesaid Aged twenty four years or there-
abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty God
before the Subscriber one of the Right Honorable the Lord
Proprietarys Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid
relative to his Knowledge of the Surveyor of Kent County on
Delawares Surveying and laying out Tracts or Parcels of
Land within the Inhabitants of this Province or the reputed
Limits thereof Deposeth & saith that in the month of Sep-
tember Seventeen hundred and fifty eight he this Deponent
was present when William Killen Surveyor of Kent County
aforesaid Surveyed & laid out for William Lister now an
Inhabitant of this Province by virtue of a Warrant from
their Land Office a Tract or Parcell of Land quantity about
two hundred Acres as specified by the said Warrant the
aforesaid Land lying at least a Mile within Lands taken up
and now possessed by a Maryland Right and within the re-
puted Bounds & Limits of this Province And this Deponent
further saith the aforesaid William Lister did cut down &
clear a small Field on the said Land so as aforesaid taken
up and did cut down Trees thereon and made thereof about
five thousand Staves of different kinds. This Deponent fur-
ther saith that the next Day after the aforesaid Survey was
made the aforesaid William Killen Surveyed and laid out

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