550 Journal and Correspondence.

November 2
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 511

Tuesday 2^d November 1784
The Hon'ble John Davidson and Aquila Paca Esq^rs Attended

November 5
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 511

Friday 5^th November 1784

The Council met
Present
His Excellency William Paca Esquire
The Honble John H Stone, John Davidson & Charles Wallace
Esq^rs

Ordered the Western shore Treasurer pay to Jubb Fowler Fifteen
pounds Curr^t Money to be by him expended in the Purchase of Wood
for the use of the Governor & Council. —
The Council adjourned till tomorrow Morning 11 ^oClock. —

November 6
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 512

Saturday 6^th November 1784
His Excellency William Paca Esquire
The Honble John Davidson & Charles Wallace Esq^rs attended

November 8
Liber C. B.
No. 24
p. 512

November
11
Liber No. 78
p. 464

Monday 8^th November 1784
The Honble John Davidson Esquire attended. —

[W^m Paca, Annapolis, To the Honorable The Judges of the
General Court.]

I have the Honor of yours of the 6^th Instant in answer to mine
of the 21 October last past.
Your Construction of the Confederation is very different from
my Ideas of it, and I find I have been much mistaken with Regard
to the legal Principles of your Proceeding in the Affair of M^r
Carbury. —
You are of Opinion that M^r Carbury's Offence abstractedly con-
sidered from our Treason Act could not be cognizable here before a
Demand of him by the Executive of Pennsylvania. There is nothing
I think in the Confederation, which says so, and in my Judgment
such a Construction of it would defeat both the Object and Policy
of it. M^r Carbury indeed could not be delivered up before a Demand
but I cannot conceive why he should not be Arrested and his Offence
so far cognizable before such Demand. I see no Ground at all for
the Construction that the Executive only of the Offended State can

p. 465

charge the Criminal : I think any Man whatever Conuzant of the
Offender's Guilt may charge him and on such Charge if the Evidence
affords probable Grounds of Belief the Offender might be arrested.