Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761. 413

The Evidence on his Tryal appeared to the Justices then
sitting to be full and clear. I am
Your Excellency's Obedient humble Serv^t
27^th September 1760. Jn^o Brice

To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r

The Petition of your Petitioner most humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner was arraigned at the last Provincial
Court for felloniously Stealing taking & carrying away a
Horse and Mare the Property of a certain Andrew Rench
for Which (altho he was acquitted on two Trials for the
same Fact in Virginia when your Petitioner had it in his
power to clear up the unjust Charge) was Convict and Con-
demned to die partly for want of Money (which was un-
justly taken from him by the Accusers) to employ Council
and for want of the proper Vouchers to testify the legallity
of his having and disposing of the said Horse and Mare
who at this time is enlisted into his Majesty's Service known
to my Prosecutors and whose boundless Malice at this Junc-
ture were determined to make a Sacrifice of my poor Body ;
but as these Facts are not in my power to clear up to your
Excellencys satisfaction I can only hope for Pardon from
your known humane disposition for which may God of his
mercy excite your Compassion on your poor distressed &
most miserable Wretch in whose Hands my Life, my all
depends and therefore I beg I pray (but first most earnestly
and with greatest humility ask pardon for this trouble) for
the life of your ever humble Petitioner who in duty bound
under the greatest lies on this side of the Grave will with
most ardent Prayers ever Pray &c.
Your Excellency's most hum^l & most Obed^t
Serv^t John Harrison
29 September 1760.

Which being read and Considered of It is the humble
Advice of this Board that his Excellency be pleased to Order
Dead Warrant for his Execution on Friday the 17^th of this
Ins^t October.
Read the Petition of Joseph Smith of Baltimore County —
Rejected.

Ordered that the honourable Col^o Charles Hammond
Treasurer of the Western Shore draw on M^r William Hunt
Merchant in London for the Sum of three pounds fourteen
Shillings and one half penny Sterling in full for one years
Salary to Michaelmas 1759 and likewise for the Sum of

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