132 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

That the said Hynes appearing at the said November Court,
but the young Woman not appearing, the matter was respited
till March Court following.
That Hynes, in the Interim, apply'd to Cap^t Evan Shelby
for a Warrant to take the Child from the said Catherine its
Mother, which was granted in the form of a Search Warrant
for Stolen Goods; and in pursuance thereof, on the 2^d Decem-
ber Barnett Johnson Constable of Linton hundred, with five
more, went to the House of Conrad Wheate, and after calling
for Whiskey, and making other Pretences, at Length de-
manded of Conrad Wheate to deliver up his Daughter's Child,
pretending they had an Order of Court for it: Which Wheate
demanding to see the Order, and finding the same only to be
an Order of Cap^t Shelby's, refused to comply with, as his
Daughter was under Recognizance already. Upon which

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Refusal a Riot ensued, a Door being broke open, and several
of the People of the House severely beaten by the Constable
and his followers, who seized the Child, and carried it to the
House of Ralph Matson where Cap^t Shelby was, who received
the Child from the Constable, and delivered the same to Will^m
Hynes.
That Joseph Flint, and Thomas Brooks being offered on the
young Woman's part as her Security for keeping the Child
off the Parish, were refused by Cap^t Shelby, who also threat-
ened that if ever he catched Conrad Wheat in Maryland he
would have him cropp'd for disobeying his Orders in not
giving up the Child, and declared if he had gone there in
Person he would have burnt Wheate's House over his Head
and at the same time took Bond in his Lordship's behalf of
William and Thomas Hynes in the Penalty of £100 to keep
the Child off the Parish.
That upon Complaint of Conrad Wheate and the others
who had been beaten Hynes and the other Rioters were
brought before M^r Joseph Warford, where finding the matter
more serious than they had imagined, and likely to become a
Court Business, Thomas Hynes gets the Girl on his Lap, and
(as M^r Warford writes in his narrative) was very Sweet.
Whereupon M^r Warford Advised the young Man, to a Mar-
riage, which was at Length agreed upon, the Girl's Father
promising to give the young Couple £30 & a £5 Wedding.
That during these Transactions, Cap^t Shelby demanded of
Joseph Warford a Warrant for the young Woman's fine,
which M^r Warford refused to Grant he also refused to sign
one drawn up by Cap^t Shelby, and presented to him for that
purpose. Whereupon the Cap^t Signed it himself, had her
immediately taken into Custody, and again discharged her