130 Assembly Proceedings, April 22-May 10, 1718.

U. H. J.

Defying Manner, you denyed it, Which was in direct Terms to
Charge me with affirming Falsities, And had further the Con-
fidence to affirm falsely to my Face that I had Called you a
Rogue and a Rascall the day before when you Came to Plead
for the Crown. For which barefaced untruth your officiously
Interposing In my Examination of M^r Carroll, Your Demean-
ing yourself after a contumacious manner to the Court tho'
often Reprimanded for it, The many Complaints I have had of
your Misbehaviour to the Inferiour Courts and for many
other Causes which I shall offer when I am Required to it by
a proper Authority I have suspended you from your practice
in the Chancery Court of this Province (the Cases of the
Crown only Excepted at the Instance of Maurice Birchfield
Esq^r his Majesties Surveyour Generall of the Customes here)
untill you make a due submission to that Court

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Att a Chancery Court held at the City of Annapolis on the
Twenty fourth day of Febr^y Anno Dom 1717

Present
His Excellency John Hart Esq^r Governour

His Excellency affirms that M^r Thomas Macnemara in the
face of this Court gave him the lye in Inderect Terms by deny-
ing that he had Ever begged his Pardon before M^r Birchfield
& M^r Bladen Which the Governour affirmes he did in these
words. " I am sorry that ever I sayd anything which might
offend the Governour," but that he wou'd not begg the Coun-
cill's Pardon
M^r Tho^s Macnemara Requireing that a Letter to him from
the Lord Guilford may be recorded in the records of this
Court, His Excy Tells him it would be better for him to let it
alone than to have it Recorded. But the said Macnemara
Insisting upon it as the Right of a Subject; Tis Granted and
Recorded accordingly as follows Viz.

S^r Novem^r 16. 1717
I have Received yours of June 22^d & July 12 and upon
Consultation with my Lord Baltemore on the Subject matter
of them, Wee have again Writt to the Governour to order
matters so that you may not by any means be Interrupted in
your practice. But I do not think fitt to meddle at all with the
Proposall between you and M^r Bladen
Your humble Serv'
Guilford