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The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock.
Post Meridiem.
The House met.
The following Message, Viz.
By the Lower House of Assembly, December 3, 1766.
May it please your Honours,
This House having heard, and fully considered the Allegations
of John Slye, and Daniel Barnett, contained in their Petition, against
the Relief of Mayberry Helmes, jun.r of Baltimore County, that he
had made over to, and otherwise deposited all, or most of his Estate,
with his Father in Trust, to defraud them, his Sureties, for a large
Sum of Sterling Money; it appeared clearly, to the universal Satis-
faction of this House, that they were only his Sureties, in a Bond
for £600. the Consideration of a Cargo of Goods, which were divided
among them, and that no ffraud whatever, has been committed, or
designed by the said Mayberry Helmes, Jun.r or his Father, to injure
the said John Slye and Daniel Barnett, or any other of his Creditors.
As he seems to this House an Object worthy of Relief, utterly
unable ever to discharge his Debts, and wholly clear of all Fraud,
we hope your Honours will agree to the Continuance of his Name in
the Bill.
Nothing has yet occurred to this House, to deprive John Doncastle,
of Charles County, of the Benefit intended him by the Bill. We
therefore hope your Honours Concurrence with the Bill now re-
turned to you, for that Purpose. Should sufficient Reasons still re-
main with your Honours, to induce you to refuse him his Liberty,
those Reasons, when communicated to us, shall have their proper
weight Signed by Order, MMacnemara Cl. Lo. Ho.
Was sent to the Upper House, with the Prisoners Bill, by M.r
Earle and M.r Hanson.
On Motion, That a Message be sent in Answer to the Message
from Upper House, relative to the Bill, entitled, An Act for Pay-
ments of the Public Claims, &.ta
Ordered, That T. Johnson, J. Hammond, D. Wolstenholme, W.
Murdock, J. Hall, T. Ringgold, Esq.rs do prepare and bring in a
Message accordingly.
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