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

Lib. J. R,
& U. S.

the Indians Lands and make Sale of the Same when got into
Staves & Boards and further this Deponent Saith not
Edward Newton
Taken and Sworn to the 13^th day of July 1754
before Henry Hooper, J Eccleston, W^m Murray

Dorchester County ss^t
The Deposition of William Newton of the County af^d aged
thirty years or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy Evangels
of Almighty God Deposeth and Saith that he has Seen Phile-
mon Lecomptes man frequently Carting of Staves which he
believes were got on the Indians Lands and that he has Seen
at Several times large Quantities of Staves at one of the Land-
ings in the Indian Town which he has been informed were
drawn down by Philemon Lecompte and his People and fur-
ther this Deponent Saith not.
W^m Newton
Taken and Sworn to the 13^th day of July 1754
before Henry Hooper, J. Eccleston, W^m Murray.

His Excellency is pleased to lay before this Board A Re-
port made to him by the Justices especially appointed for the
Tryals of John Wright and Mulatto Toney for the Murder
of Captain William Curtis whereby It appeared that they
were found guilty and had Sentence of Death accordingly
pronounced against them, Ordered that Dead Warrants be
made out for their Execution, John Wright to be hung in
Chains on Tuesday next, and Mulatto Toney to be hung in
Chains on Wednesday next

At a Council held at the City of Annapolis Tuesday the 6th
day of August in the fourth year of his Lordships Dominion
Annoq Domini 1755
Present

His Excellency Horatio Sharpe Esq^r Governor
The honble Benj^a Tasker Esq^r Benedict Calvert Esq^r

Ordered that the honourable Col Charles Hammond
Treasurer of the Western Shoar send to M^r Silvanus Grove
Merchant in London for Twenty half Barrels of Gunpowder
a Black & Yellow Flagg 24 feet long and 16 feet broad with

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the Union in One Corner and a Barrel of Flints to contain
about four thousand and that the same be charged to the
Duty of Three pence p hh^d for Arms lodged in the said
Groves hands.