Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1761-1769. 153

Read the following Letter from several of the Magistrates
of Frederick County together with the Deposition of Enoch
Innis, and other Papers relative thereto.

Frederick Town 21^st June 1766.
Sir
We embrace this Opportunity of our meeting together in
this place, to acknowledge the Receipt of yours, dated 14^th
April last, which most of us had not seen before this week.
We live at a considerable distance from Mess" Shelby and
Warford, and cannot be supposed, to be so minutely ac-
quainted with their Behaviour in general, as those who live
in their Neighbourhood, tho' there are several Acts of M^r
Shelby's that have made much noise in this County of late, &
cou'd not miss reaching Our Ears, particularly, his Deposition,
which stands on the Proceedings of the honourable, the
Lower House of Assembly of this Province, which we cannot
suppose His Excellency, or any of the honourable the Mem-
bers of the Council, ignorant of; as also, an affair relative to
an Indian Scalp, viz^t the manner of his obtaining it, the pros-
tituting the Laws of his Country, and the faith and Trust re-
posed in him as a Magistrate, to his private emolument for the
truth of which, we have inclosed a Deposition of a Gentleman
a member of this Court. His being a common breaker of
the Peace and a Prophane Swearer are notorious, to every of
his Acquaintance. The greatest part of what we set forth
in Our Petition formerly preferred to his Excellency, hath

Lib. J. R.

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been fully Proved this Court, the particulars of which, the
Gentlemen of the Law who reside in Annapolis, are able to
inform him fully of, viz* Mess^rs Johnson, Chase, Paca, Tilgh-
man, and we may now add M^r Jennings. We must observe
with regard to the Warrant we mentioned in that Petition,
that upon Our obtaining the Original this Court; We find it to
be an Order to the Father Hynes to obtain the Child, in which
the Constable of Tonolaway hundred is ordered to see it
executed, instead of a Warrant in the form of One for Stolen
Goods, as formerly set forth. With regard to M^r Warford we
have the Satisfaction to find, that his Character is not of a Dye
any thing equal to M^r Shelby's, but his profound ignorance
(that we can make appear in several Instances did our time
admit) is so conspicuous, that we are liable to be laughed at as
his Associates, May we not hope that the following will Suf-
fice ? He asked one of us last Court, where he should apply
for a Writ for a Matter under the Cognizance of this Court
viz* whether here or at Annapolis. There is a Judgment of
his for Fifty Shillings Current Money in the hands of Col^o

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