Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1769-1770. 351

tioned James Richard with a Condition that he shall depart
the Province on or before the first Tuesday in June next and
never to return again. Whereupon a Pardon was issued ac-
cordingly.
This day being appointed to take into Consideration the
Complaints of John Doncastle and William Wright against
Richard Lee Esq^r Sheriff of Charles County the said Richard
Lee only attending was called in, who informed this Hon-
ourable Board that John Doncastle was not to be found in the
Province and that William Wright had timely and regular
Notice of this Meeting, as may appear by the following Letter
and Deposition, Viz.
May the 1^st 1770.
Sir
Inclosed you have the Letter I received from you some time
ago for my Father as I have never had a convenient oppor-
tunity of sending it and have lately heard that he is not at the
place where I expected he was neither does it lay in my Power
to inform you where he is as his Brother can give no Account
of him and I do not expect he will be this way before the
middle of the Summer.
I am Sir, Your most humble Serv^t
To Richard Lee Jun. Esq^r John Doncastle

The Deposition of Joseph Courts aged Twenty eight years
or thereabouts being Sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty
God deposeth and saith that Sixteen or Eighteen days before
the Council met to hear the Complaint of William Wright and
John Doncastle against Richard Lee Junior Sheriff he this
Deponent delivered a Letter to William Wright which was
delivered by Richard Lee Jun. to this Deponent to deliver to
the said Wright and a few days afterwards he this Deponent
informed the said William Wright of the day that Richard Lee
Jun^r was to take several Depositions and desired that he would
attend at Richard Lee Sen. on that purpose to which the said
William Answered that he would not attend. This Deponent
further saith that a few days afterwards he gave William
Wright Notice again to attend at Annapolis on the day the
Council was to set and the said William Wright answered
that he should attend there and bring his Witnesses and
further this Deponent saith not.
The above Deposition taken before
Samuel Love

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

Richard Lee Esq^r laid before this Board the following De-
positions and Papers in his Defence Viz.

p. 100