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

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

It is the Humble Advice of this Board that his Excellency
issue Warrants for the Execution of the said Convicts as soon
as the Transcript of their Conviction comes to hand, unless
there should appear some Error in the Proceedings
Ordered that the Clerk of this Board receive from the
Several Sheriffs the Provincial Amerciaments collected this
year, that he sell the Tobacco to the best Advantage, and keep
a Distinct Account of what he receives, ready to be laid before
this Board when called for.

1^st September 1768

Ordered by his Excellency the Governor that Death War-
rants issue for the Execution of James Johnson, Dennis Igoe,
and Joseph Framton, on Friday the Ninth Instant, which were
issued accordingly.

p. 27

Ordered by His Excellency the Governor that a Copy of the
following Letter be transmitted to the several Sheriffs within
this Province which were transmitted accordingly.

Sir.
The Right honourable the Earl of Hillsborough, One of His
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, having transmitted
me an Account of a most barbarous Murder Committed last
March in Cornwall in Great Britain, on the Body of a certain
William Odgers, by One Melchisedeck Kinsman of the said
County, who immediately thereupon Embarked on Board
some Vessel bound from Falmouth to North America, having
with him about Eight hundred Pounds Sterling, and his said
Lordship having in pursuance of his Majesty's Commands,
required me to take such Measures as may be most effectual
in order to discover whether the said Murderer is come into
this Province, and in Case of his being discovered to have him
secured so that he might be brought to Justice, I earnestly
recommend it to you, by Yourself, your several Deputies, and
such other Persons as you may think proper to employ for that
purpose to make Strict enquiry throughout your County after
the said Melchisedeck Kinsman, and in Case of his being dis-
covered to have him apprehended and immediately give me
Notice thereof. He is described to be a well set Man, about
five feet Eight Inches high, and about thirty years of Age, of
a Florid Complexion, his Hair light brown, but he wears a
Wig.
I am Sir. Your humble Servant
Annapolis 20^th September 1768. Hor^o Sharpe

21^st September 1768
Ordered, by His Excellency the Governor, that the present
General Assembly of this Province which stands Prorogued