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448 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.
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Liber
P. C. R.
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The Jury retournes their Verdict as followeth (vizt)
And the Indictment agt John Jenkins Hugh Neile William Heard
Henry Peere Richard Morris William Smoote John Courts William
Hall William Crayford Thomas Jarvis Thomas Lomax and John
Morris was found Billa vera James Walker (Ignoramus) John
Jenkins Hugh Neile and Henry Peere being fiue tymes called did
not appeare.
Richard Morris William Smoote John Courts and John Morris
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were called to the Barre and had their Indictmt read (vizt) The Jury
doe pesent ..... Proprietary that John Jenkins Hugh .... Thomas
Jarvis Thomas Lomax and John Morris Contrary to the fidellity to
his Lops due, not haueing the feare of god before their Eyes and by
instigacon of the deuill mutinously and seditiously Contrary to the
Acte of Assembly in that case provided within this Province at the
howse of Josias Fendall in Charles County vpon the Eigth and ninth
dayes of February 1660 agt the person of his Lops Governor his
Gouernment and Guards provided for the safety thereof did with
force that is to say upon the Eighth day of February aforesaid at the
howse of Josias Fendall aforesaid in the County aforesaid in Armes
did appeare and vpon the ninth day of February to rescue the persons
of Josias Fendall and John Hatch Prisoners for mutiny and Sedicon
and vnder a Guard did march in greate derrogacon from the just
power of his Lop. and the Subversion of the Gouernment of this
Province and Contrary to the peace of his said LoP his rule and
dominion, Being asked whether they were Guilty or not Guilty they
answered not Guilty and being demanded by whome they would be
tryed answered by God and the Country.
Whereupon was Impannelld a Jury (vizt)
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Thomas Dent Foreman
George Taylor
William Mills
Thomas Burdett
William Innis
Francis Walton
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George Read
George Macckall
William Lawrence
Henry Banister
James Johnson
William Palmer
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And the Jury retourned their Verdict not Guilty.
The Examinacon of Thomas Lomax resideing at Capt Josias Fen-
dalls howse in Charles County aged thirty yeares or thereabouts
taken before the honoble Philip Caluert Esqr Gouernor of this Prov-
ince of Maryland Robert Clarke and Baker Brookes Esqrs two of his
Lops Councell for the said Province the 18th day of February 1660
The said Examinant being demanded whether the vnder menconed
writts, vizt one of them agt Mr John Anderton at the Suite of James
Bowling dated the thirtyth of July 1660 and Signed by the said
Josias Fendall, but written by him and other foure writts one agt
Hugh Stanley at the Suite of Thomas Burdett, another agt the said
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