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General Sessions of Court of Peace 1800-1834

Excerpts from Minute Books Johnstown District/Leeds and Grenville Court of General Sessions of the Peace 1800-1834 Ontario Archives, MS 699 Reel 1 Transcription and Notes by Maridel Crawford-Brown These records list court cases (without details of the trials) of petty crime dealt with by local Justices of the Peace; tax and other bills being paid with amounts and to whom; yearly appointments of local constables to the townships, and granting of tavern licences, all with names. One of the records' greatest values is in having the members of Grand and Petit juries listed. Those men's names might not be found elsewhere. There are also such things as Abel Stevens' petition (twice) to be allowed to celebrate marriages as a Baptist minister. It appears never to have been granted to him. The justices did not think him well and properly ordained and asked for sufficient proof. As we know, he went on to perform marriages anyway. Then there is information about construction of the Gaol and care of prisoners, etc. Although transcribed with care, there may be errors here, and researchers are advised to verify against the original records. Page layout has generally been maintained; exceptions are prefixed with '-'. The transcriber's notes appear in [square brackets]. Pages: 1-179, 180-314, 315-442 Page 180 The King } The recognizance of Daniel PATTERSON is respited vs until the next Sessions of the Peace. Patrick CALAGAHAN [sic] & Stephen WHITNEY The Court is adjourned until eight OClock[sic] in the forenoon tomorrow. The Court met pursuant to being adjourned. Present Gideon ADAMS Solomon JONES } Esquires { Ephraim JONES Solomon JONES Esquire chosen chairman. The King } The Defendants discharged from their vs recognizance. Patrick CALAGAHAN & STEPHEN WHITNEY Rex [sic] } The Defendant discharged from her recognizance. vs Sarah KING The King } Indictment { The Defendant being arraigned vs Trespass & assault pleads Not Guilty & traverses Peter CRONKWRITE his Indictment. Peter CRONKWRITE of Yonge Yeoman, acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the King , the sum of ten pounds, & William DUNSMORE of the same place Yeoman, and Derrick HOGABOME [sic] of the same place, Yeoman, five pounds each [continues] Page 181 [that the] said Peter CRONKWRITE shall appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district, to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he has pleaded Not Guilty and not depart the Court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Alexander KINCAID of Yonge Yeoman, John KINCAID of the same place Yeoman, and Nehemiah AVERY of the same place Yeoman, each acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the King, the sum of five pounds to be made & levied upon their several goods and chattels [etc. etc] upon condition that if the said Alexander KINCAID, John KINCAID and Nehemiah AVERY shall appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district, and then and there give evidence on behalf of Our said Lord the King against Peter CRONKWRITE in a case of trespass and assault, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. The King } The Grand Jury find no bill. vs Daniel PATTERSON The King } Indictment } The Defendant being arraigned vs Trespass & assault pleads Not Guilty. Ezra CHURCHIL [sic] A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows. 1. Andrew LIDDLE 7. William ROBISON 2. Aaron BALDWIN 8. Robert McLEAN 3. Isaac KILBORN 9. Solomon WOOD 4. Samuel THROOP 10. Samuel BALDWIN 5. Stephen HOWARD 11. William HEWITT 6. Calvin THROOP 12. William EARL The Jury [continues next page] Page 182 The Jury finds the defendant, Ezra CHURCHIL Guilty of the offence charged in the Indictment--The Court order that the said Ezra CHURCHIL pay a fine of ten shillings and stand committed til paid. The Clerk of the Peace is hereby ordered to give public notice to all who are inclined to undertake the building of the Court House and Gaol in Elizabethtown according to the plan filed in his Office, to give in their proposals on the first Tuesday in October next at the Court House in Johnstown. The Clerk of the Peace is hereby ordered to summon Benjamin ANDREWS and Jonathan FULFORD Junior Assessors of the Township of Elizabethtown for the year 1808, to appear at the next Sessions of the Peace, to show cause why they should not be fined for not doing their duty as assessors of the said Township--and the Clerk of the Peace is further ordered to summon Billa FLINT to appear at the same time to shew cause why he should not be fined for not delivering a list of his ratable property to said assessors. The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to pay Hamilton WALKER Clerk of the Peace the sum of twenty three pounds and seven pence half penny for Notices of appointment, Lists of Jurors, Estreats [sic]of fines, Copies of Assessment Rolls & etc etc [sic] as per account. The Court is adjourned until the first tuesday [sic] in October next at ten of the Clock in the forenoon. Page 183 The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Richard ARNOLD } Esquires { Solomon JONES It is hereby ordered that the Clerk of the Peace deliver the Subscriptions for the purpose of building a Court House and Gaol in Elizabethtown, to Mr Charles JONES, and it is further ordered that the said Charles JONES be authorized and appointed as a proper person to collect the sums subscribed by each person so far as the law may enable him. The Clerk of the Peace is ordered to deliver the plan of the Court House to Mr Charles JONES, and the said Clerk of the Peace is to advertise that Mr Charles JONES is the person appointed to collect the subscriptions. It is ordered that the Clerk of the Peace contract with Mr Charles Jones agreeable to the proposals signed and delivered in by him, and that the said Clerk of the Peace sign his name to the said Contract and the same shall be binding on the part of the Court of the Quarter Sessions. Hamilton WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 184 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Johnstown, in District of Johnstown and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the eighth day of November in the forty -ninth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, defender of the faith, before Solomon JONES, Thomas FRASER, Hugh MUNRO, Stephen BURRITT, Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace in the said district, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Thomas FRASER Esquire chosen Chairman. Commission opened and read. The Sheriff returned the Precept. The Grand Jury chosen and sworn as follows Reuben SHERWOOD foreman 1. John McNISH 11. Oliver BROWN 2. Samuel McNISH 12. Milton PEMBER 3. Reuben MOTT 13. Benjamin BROWN 4. Alla [sic] PENNOCK 14. George BATES 5. John BLANCHER [sic] 15. Nathan BROWN 6. Aaron BLANCHER 16. Rugles [sic] MUNSIL 7. Adam DUCOLON 17. Richard BAXTER 8. John KETCHAM[sic] 18. Enoch DOCKUM 9. John KETCHAM Jun.r 19. Abel COLEMAN [?] 10. Nathaniel BROWN 20. Reuben SHERWOOD Page 185 The King } Indictment { [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Peter CRONKWRITE A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Joseph FALKNER 7. Stephen T. BEECH [sic] 2. Ezekiel SHIPMAN 8. William BOLTON 3. Caleb HENDERSON Jun.r 9. Thomas BOLTON 4. Enoch KNOWLTON 10. Benjamin BOLTON 5. William DAY 11. Stephen DUCOLON Jun.r 6. Oliver CHURCH 12. John HAGERMAN The Jury find the defendant GUILTY [sic] of the offence where of he is Indicted. The Court order the defendant Peter CRONKWRITE to pay a fine of five shillings which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment { [plea blank] vs Forcible entry Ezra GRAVES A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Moses OLDS 7. Israel MUNRO 2. William STEVENS 8. James BROWN 3. Henry TAPLIN 9. Jacob HEWITT 4. Horatio BRADSHAW 10. David COLEMAN 5. Harvy [sic] MITCHEL 11. John CLOSSON 6. James GRAY 12. Henry BOULTON [sic] The Jury find the Defendant Ezra GRAVES Not Guilty. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at six of the Clock. Court met pursuant to being adjourned. Present Thomas FRASER } Esquires { Stephen BURRITT Solomon JONES Page 186 Billa FLINT having been summoned to appear here to shew cause why he should not be fined for not delivering a list of the ratable property to the Assessors of Elizabethtown for the year 1808-- on being examined the Court discharge him. Benjamin ANDREWS and Jonathan FULFORD Junior having been summoned to appear here, on being examined are discharged. The King vs The Grand Jury find No Bill. Samuel UTLEY The King } Indictment } The Defendant being arraigned vs Trespass & assault plead Not Guilty and Peter SMITH traverses his Indictment Peter SMITH of Elizabethtown, Labourer, acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the King, the sum of Forty pounds, and Stephen DUCLON Junior, of the same place Yeoman, and Alexander KINCAID of Yonge Yeoman, each acknowledged to owe to Our sovereign [sic] Lord the King the sum twenty pounds , to [be] levied upon their several Goods [sic] and chattels, lands and tenements to his Majesty's use, upon condition that if the said Peter SMITH shall be and appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he pleads Not Guilty and not depart the Court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise to remain in full force. Peter LONG, Labourer, John ARNOLD of Elizabethtown, Gentleman and Jonathan BURGESS of the same place, Yeoman, each acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the sum of five [continues�] Page 187 five pounds, to be made and levied upon their several goods and chattels, lands and tenements to his Majesty's use, upon condition that if the said Peter LONG, John ARNOLD, and Jonathan BURGIS [sic] shall appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district, and then & there give evidence on the behalf of Our said Lord the King against Peter SMITH in a case of trespass and assault, & not depart the Court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, or otherwise to remain in full force. The King } Presentment of Perjury { [plea blank] vs William BOTSFORD [underlined sic] The King } Indictment { [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Lary [sic] PATTERSON & Stephen BISSONETTE A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Otis SMITH 7. Calel [sic] HENDERSON Junr. 2. Zenas ORTON 8. Enoch KNOWLTON 3. Peter WELLS 9. Oliver CHURCH 4. Timothy McCOMES 10. Stephen T. BEECH [sic] 5. Joseph FALKNER 11. William BELTON [BOLTON?] 6. Eziekiel SHIPMAN 12. Thomas BELTON [BOLTON?] The Jury find the defendants Lary PATTERSON & Stephen BISSONETTE Guilty of the offence whereof they are Indicted. The Court order that the defendants pay each the sum of twenty shillings fine and the costs--& stand committed til the same is paid. The Treasurer is ordered to pay Stephen BALDWIN one pound six shillings Currency. [No reason given.] Page 188 The Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay John WEEKES the sum of sixteen shillings Currency. Thomas FRASER, Esquire, Chairman , being absent, Solomon JONES, Esquire is appointed chairman. The Treasurer of District of Johnstown is ordered to pay H. WALKER, Clerk of the Peace the sum of five pounds Currency, for drawing Precept etc as per acct. Of Archibald KINCAID of Yonge, Yeoman, [appears written over " Gentleman "] because he came not now here to give evidence on behalf of Our said Lord the King, against Lary PATTERSON & Stephen BISSONETTE in a Case of trespass and assault, as by a certain recognizance (taken by Thomas FRASER, Gideon ADAMS, Daniel BURRITT, Thomas SHERWOOD, Solomon JONES and Henry ARNOLD Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of the Peace, in General Quarter Sessions, holden in and for the District of Johnstown) [here "assembled" appears scratched out] he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of five pounds to the use of Our said Lord the King. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 189 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at District of Johnstown Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the twenty first day of February in the forty ninth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before James BREAKENRIDGE, Gideon ADAMS, and Daniel BURRITT, Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said District and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District committed. James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire chosen chairman. Commission opened and read. The Sheriff returned the Precept. Grand Jury called and sworn as follows- Peet SELEE [sic] foreman 1. George GARDNER 11. Benjamin McVEAGH 2. Jesse ROOT 12. William PURDY 3. Samuel GRIFFIN 13. John TAYLOR 4. William AVERY 14.Rathel [sic] JUDSON 5. Archd. McLEAN 15. Edmond MOTT 6. Peter PURVIS 16. Enoch HARRINGTON 7. John SHIPMAN 17. Peet SELEE 8. Israel JONES 18. Abraham WRIGHT 9. David HUNTER Junr 19. Ira MARSHAL 10. Abel FULFORD 20. Samuel SHIPMAN The Court adjourned until tomorrow at eight OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BALDWIN } Esquires {Gideon ADAMS Page 190 The King } Indictment { [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Peter SMYTH A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Ephraim LEE 7. James LARUE 2. Gardner LEE 8. Alexander KINCAID 3. Peter ALIER [sic] 9. Stephen BISSONETTE 4. John ALIER 10. Peter LARUE 5. Jabez BULLIS 11. Crinus [sic] LARUE 6. Nathaniel POWERS 12. Justus HUBBELL The Jury find the defendant Peter SMYTH Guilty. The Court order the said defendant to pay the sum of twenty shillings & costs, & stand committed til the same be paid ---- fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment { The defendant [sic] being called vs Trespass & assault appears, pleads Not Guilty and Richd D. FRASER traverses his Indictment until the next Sessions. Richard D. FRASER acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the King the sum of ten pounds, & Charles JONES Esquire, and William FRASER Esquire Sheriff, acknowledged to owe to Our Sovereign Lord the King each the sum of five pounds to be levied upon their several goods and chattels, lands & tenements, to his majesty's [sic] use, upon condition that if the said Richard D. FRASER shall appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district, to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he pleaded Not Guilty and not depart the Court without leave, then this recognizance to be void, or otherwise to remain in full force. Ordered that John BARNS [sic] be appointed Collector for the Township of Bastard for the present year in place of Ami CHIPMAN, deceased. Page 191 The King } The Jury find no Bill. vs Zacheus GIDDIONS [sic] and others The King } The defendant discharged from his vs recognizance. Rice HONEYWELL William Henry EASTON entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Mathew HOWARD & David KILBORN) in the sum of five pounds each to keep an orderly House as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth of January last. John CHESTER entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Joseph KNAPP & Asahel HURD) in the sum of five pounds each to keep an orderly House as Innkeeper for a year from the fifth of January last. � Allowed Michael COOK the sum of two pounds five shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed John ROBISON the sum of ten shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed John ROBISON the sum of seventeen shillings and six pence to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed Roswell EVERTS the sum of ten shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. [bullets as per marked in original] The Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay H. WALKER Clerk of the Peace the sum of seven pounds Currency . H. WALKER Clk of the Peace. Page 192 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Johnstown in District of Johnstown and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the sixteenth day of May in the forty ninth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Thomas FRASER, Philip PHILIPS , and Uri SCOVIL, Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Thomas FRASER, Esq. chosen Chairman. Commission opened and read. The Sheriff returned the Precept. Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Nathan W. CURTIS foreman 1. Robert CONNEL 9. Joseph WILTSE 2. Jabez LANDERS 10. William WOOLLEY [sic] 3. James THOMPSON 11. John WILTSE 4. John HARRINGTON 12. Jonathan BROWN 5. Daniel PHILIPS 13. Seth DOWNS 6. John SQUIRES 14. Samuel D. WOLF [sic] 7. Jedediah WING 15. High HOLMES 8. Jeremiah TIDD 16. Abraham RANDOLF The King } The defendant discharged from his vs recognizance. Daniel CONKLIN Page 193 The Treasurer of the said district is hereby ordered to pay Stephen BURRITT Esquire, the Sun [sic] of thirty four pounds Currency out of the money that may come into his hands under and by virtue of any Act of the Provincial Parliament for sixty eight days attendance at the last Session of Parliament as representative of the County of Grenville. The King } Indictment { A Petit Jury called & vs trespass & assault sworn as follows Richd D. FRASER 1. William BOGART 7. David TRYON 2. William ALEXANDER 8. Hugh GRAY 3. Richd CRONKWRIGHT 9. Henry MILLER 4. Solomon DENNY 10. John KINCAID 5. Derrick HOGABOME [sic] 11. James CONNEL 6. John ROBINS 12. Eric HAYES The Jury find the defendant Richd D. FRASER Guilty of the offence whereof he is Indicted. The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of five shillings which he paid to the Sheriff in court. The King } Indictment { Plea vs trespass & assault Confesseth Henry BOULTON The Court order the defendant [sic] to pay a fine of one shilling which he paid to the Sheriff in court. The Treasurer of the said district is hereby ordered to pay Peter HOWARD Esquire thirty three pounds Currency [etc. etc�] for sixty days attendance at the last Session of Parliament as Representative of the County of Leeds. Page 194 Jonathan FULFORD Junior entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (John WEEKES and Levius P. SHERWOOD) in the sum of five pounds each to keep an Orderly House as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth day of April last. The King } The defendant discharged from his vs recognizance. Hugh McDOUGALL The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at seven OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Thomas FRASER } Esquires { Philip PHILIPS Henry ARNOLD Uri SCOVILL It is ordered that a full rate shall be collected for the present year. Allowed Cornelius SMITH the sum of twelve shillings and six pence to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given.] Allowed Michael COOK the sum of four pounds seventeen shillings and six pence to be paid out of the Treasury. The Treasurer is ordered to pay Stephen BALDWIN two pounds, seven shillings and four pence. [No reason given.] The Treasurer is to pay Adiel SHERWOOD one pound nine shillings three pence. [No reason given.] The Treasurer is ordered to pay H. WALKER Clerk of the Peace five pounds Currency. Page 195 List of Constables David KILBORN High Constable Thomas McCREA } River Rideau William ROBISON Roswell EVERTS (sworn) } Augusta Joel H. FOSTER Allan CURTIS Henry BOLTON (sworn) Henry BROWN } Elizabethtown Samuel WRIGHT Jnr Cornelius SMITH John DICKENSON (sworn) } Kitley John BARNS [sic] } Bastard William COOPER Peleg SPENCER } Johnstown Henry BOLTON Winthrop TUFFTS (sworn) } Yonge Moses ROSE John STRUTHERS} Rear of Leeds Elijah MILLS} South Gower Hugh McCall late of Elizabethtown Jailer, because he came not now here to give evidence before the Grand Jury on a Bill of Indictment against Patrick ROBINSON for and assault and battery, as by a certain recognizance taken before Thomas SMYTH Esquire, one of the Jury of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of ten pounds to the use of Our said Lord the King. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 196 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Johnstown in District of Johnstown and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the eighth day of August in the forty ninth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Solomon JONES and Hugh MUNRO Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said district and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Solomon JONES Esqr chosen Chairman. Commission opened and read. The Sheriff returned the Precept. Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Daniel PATTERSON foreman 1. William WILKEY 12. Duncan LEVINGSTON [sic] 2. Thomas HOW 13. Daniel LEVINGSTON 3. Isaac ISELAND[ IRELAND?] 14. Ethan McCOLLOM 4. John WOODS 15. Joseph BENEDICT 5. Abner CHAPIN 16. Samuel SHELDON 6. Edward SOPER 17. Ezra BENEDICT 7. Silas LEVINSTON 18. Abner STEVENS 8. Philip SHOOK 19. Daniel PATTERSON 9. Timothy SOPER 20. John GILBERT 10. Ephraim KOYL Junr 21. Levi SOPER 11. James WOODS Page 197 The King } Indictment vs Trespass & assaultMathew MAIN { Plea not Gulty A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Israel KNAPP 7. Jonathan MOTT 2. Edward JOHNSON 8. William KOYL 3. Seth CORNELL 9. Benjamin NICHOLS 4. Josiel [?] SMITH 10. William READ Junr 5. George PRATT 11. Nicholas HASKINS 6. Jonathan LYMAN 12. Elihu STEVENS The Jury find the defendant Not Guilty of the offence where of he is Indicted. The King } The Grand Jury find no Bill. vs Andrew McDONELL & William MORRISON The King } The defendant discharged form his recognizance. vs Dan THROOP The King } The defendant discharged from his recognizance. vs William LONG The King } The defendant discharged form his recognizance. vs James DRAPER Samuel ELLIOT [sic] of Yonge Yeoman and Alexander McINTOSH of Johnstown Yeoman, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each upon condition that if Jacob ELLIOT of Elizabethtown shall keep and orderly house as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth day of January last then this recognizance to [be] void. Page 198 John GAYLORD entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (John KILBREATH & Thomas ARMSTRONG) each in the sum of five pounds, to keep an orderly house as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth day of January last. [Nothing further written. MCB] Allowed Michael COOK the sum of four pounds, seven teen shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury . The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Solomon JONES William FRASER Edward JESSUP } Esquires {Thomas FRASER Hugh MUNRO The Treasurer ordered to pay H. WALKER the sum of twenty four pounds, seventeen and seven pence Currency, in full of an account of Copies of Assessments, lists of Jurors, etc, etc. The Treasurer ordered to pay H. WALKER the sum of five pounds Currency, in full of an account for drawing Precept, etc etc for this Session. Joseph RATHBUN, late Wells' Island, because he came not here to give evidence to the Grand Jury against Abraham DAYTON for an assault & battery as by a certain recognizance taken before Thomas SMYTH Esquire [etc etc] has forfeited the sum of ten pounds to the use of our said Lord the King. H . WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 199 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Johnstown in District of Johnstown and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the fourteenth day of November in the fiftieth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Solomon JONES and Hugh MUNRO Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened and read. } Gideon ADAMS The Sheriff returned the Precept. Chosen Chairman. The Grand Jury called and sworn as follows. William BROWN chosen foreman 1. Edward McCREA 9. Ziba M. PHILLIPS [sic] 2. John McCREA 10. Benjamin BARBER 3. James EDMUNDS 11. Jeremiah ROBISON 4. William EDMUNDS 12. Joel PUTNAM 5. Joseph HASKINS Junr 13. William MERRICK 6. Cooley WELLER ` 14. Alexander McCREA 7. William BROWN 15. Jacob VANDUZEN 8. Caleb EDMINDS 16. [blank] The King } Joel RICE discharged from his recognizance. vs Joel RICE The King } Jabez SPICER discharged from his recognizance. vs Jabez SPICER Allowed Roswell EVERTS the sum of one pound, sixteen shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. [N o reason given..] Page 200 Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler, the sum of five pounds sixteen shillings three pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for the maintenance of Abraham BRASS [sic] and others. Ordered that the following fees shall be allowed in all Bills of Cost to be taxed in this Court-To every witness examined and sworn, two shillings and six pence per day. To Constable for an arrest upon a warrant from a Justice of the Peace, two shillings and six pence, and four pence for every mile which he shall travel. For serving subpoena, on each witness, one shilling, and four pence for every mile which he shall travel to serve the same. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Solomon JONES Hugh MUNRO Gideon ADAMS } Esquires { Thomas FRASER James BREAKENRIDGE The King } Indictment { Plea } A Petit Jury called vs Trespass and assault Not Guilty and sworn as follows Stephen WILCOX 1. David ALDRIDGE 7. Daniel CROSS 2. Archd HILL 8. John ROACH 3. Isaiah CROUCH 9. Elkana [sic] ANDREWS 4. Samuel STREET 10. Ephraim TALLMAN [TOLLMAN?] 5. Solomon EDMUNDS 11. Asaph PUTNAM 6. James KIRCUM [sic] 12. William ANDERSON The Jury find the defendant Guilty. The Court order the defendant to pay a fine of ten pounds and stand committed until paid, and he is committed to His Majesty's Gaol in Johnstown there to remain until he pay the said fine. Page 201 The King } The Grand Jury find No Bill. vs Abraham DAYTON The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty and traverses his Indictment. David S. STEEL David Scott STEEL of Yonge Yeoman, entered into recognizance in the sum of forty pounds with two sureties (John ROACH of Wolford yeoman, and Robert HEWITT of Yonge yeoman) each in the sum of twenty pounds for the appearance of the [said] David Scott STEEL at the next Quarter Sessions to try his traverse. Lemon [sic] EMONS, David MILLINGTON and Jonathan BURGES entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Quarter Sessions to be holden in the district, and give evidence against David Scott STEEL. The King } Indictment } Henry HARRICK, one of the said vs Trespass & assault defendants being arraigned pleads Sylvanus TOWN Not Guilty & traverses his Indictment. & Henry HARRICK Henry HARRICK of Yonge, Labourer, entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (William McKEW and Isaiah W. KEELER of Yonge, Yeomen) each in the sum of ten pounds each [sic] for the appearance of the said Henry HARRICK at the next Quarter Sessions to try his traverse. David HUTCHISON, Isaiah W. KEELER, William McKEW, Prinz [?] STORES [sic], Joal [sic] HUTCHISON and David WRIGHT entered into recognizance in the sum of five pounds each to appear at the next Quarter Sessions as evidence against Henry HARRICK. The King vsIsaac NIGH } Indictment } Petit Larceny Plea Not Guilty } A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1.David COVELL 2. Coonrod [sic] DERRICK 3. George THOMKINS 4. Adoniram YOUNG 5. Barnabas NETTLETON 6. James LANE 7. Humphrey SMITH 8. John BONKER 9. David ALDRIDGE 10. Archd HILL 11. Garret LAKE 12. William McINTIRE Page 202 The Jury find the prisoner Guilty. The Court order that the prisoner stand half and hour upon the Pillory & receive twenty five lashes upon the bare back. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty & traverses his Indictment James COVILL James COVILL of Elizabethtown Yeoman, entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (Rice HONEYWELL of Augusta and John KILBREATH of Edwardsburgh, Yeomen) each in the sum of ten pounds for the appearance of the said James COVILL at the next Quarter Sessions to try his traverse. Hillard C. CONKEY and Luther SMITH entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in this district to give evidence against James COVILL. The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to pay H. WALKER Clk of the Peace the sum of five pounds Currency in full of an account for drawing Precept etc for this Sessions. The Court order, That [sic] Allan CURTIS, Henry BROWN and Samuel WRIGHT Junior of Elizabethtown Constables, William COOPER of Bastard, Constable, and John STRUTHERS of Leeds, Constable, do each pay a fine of two pounds for not appearing at this Sessions to do their duty as Constables aforesaid. The Court order that Thomas JARVIS Yeoman, do pay a fine of twenty shillings for not appearing here as a Petit Juror, having been duly served with a summons from the Sheriff for that purpose. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 203 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at District of Johnstown Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the twentieth day of February in the fiftieth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Gideon ADAMS, Hugh MUNRO, Henry BOGART, Solomon JONES, James BREAKENRIDGE Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opended [sic] and read.} Solomon JONES The Sheriff returned the Precept. chosen Chairman. The Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Zadock PRATT chosen foreman 1. Abraham BOLTON 11. Samuel ADAMS 2. James FROOM Junr 12. Andrew ADAMS 3. Solomon SNYDER 13. Jehoiakim [sic] DENAUT 4. Thomas McILMOYL 14. Eleakim [sic] WHITNEY 5. James MILLS 15. John WHITE 6. Jonathan MILLS 16. Zadock PRATT 7. David BEECH [sic] 17. James McCLORCKE [McCLORCHE ?] 8. John SNYDER 18. Andrew McDONELL ex. [sic] 9. David HUNTER 19. George W. TUCKER 10. William G. FRASER The King } Indictment } Plea } A Petit Jury called vs trespass & assault Not Guilty and sworn as follows David Scott STEEL 1. James GREEN 4. David FROOM 2. Henry ANDERSON 5. Curtis ADAMS 3. Ezra ADAMS 6. Peter ADAMS [continues�] Page 204 7. William McNIEL 10. Peter QUAKENBUSH [sic] 8. Thomas MOLALL [?] Junr 11. Abraham BULL 9. Abraham PARNEL [sic] 12. Beriah MITCHEL The Jury find the defendant David Scott STEEL Guilty of the offence whereof he is Indicted. Ordered that the said defendant do pay a fine of ten pounds which he paid to the Sheriff. The King } Indictment } Henry HARRICH, one of the vs Trespass and assault defendants being arraigned Sylvanus TOWN pleads Not Guilty & Henry HARRICH A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Dennis BARTON 7. Jacob VANCAMP [sic] 2. John ANDERSON 8. Robert THOMPSON 3. Thomas McCARGAR 9. Caleb CHANEY 4. Henry VANBURA [sic] 10. William ADAMS 5. James WILSON 11. Alexander CAMPBELL 6. Robert PARKER 12. Stephen GREEN The Jury find the defendant Henry HARRICH Not Guilty . Ebenezer LEGRO [sic] ordered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds with two sureties (John BURK and Daley SILLICK [sic]) each in the sum of five pounds upon condition that if the said Ebenezer LEGRO shall keep and orderly and decent House as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth day of January last, then this recognizance to be void, or else to remain in full force. Court adjourned until tomorrow at eight OClock. Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Solomon JONES } Esquires { [no others] James BREAKENRIDGE Page 205 The King } Indictment { Plea vs trespass and assault Not Guilty Joseph SELEY [sic] Joseph SELEY of Elizabethtown Joiner, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Anan [sic] WARNER of Augusta Carpenter and Benjamin SAULTS [LAULTS?] of Elizabethtown Yeomen) each in the sum of five pounds for the appearance of the said Joseph SELEY at the next Sessions & then and there to try his traverse. Ira ANDREWS, John FISH of Leeds, Oliver LANDON Senr, Joseph LANDON , Lois LANDON of Lansdown [sic], and Francis FRENCH of Yonge entered into recognizance in the sum of five pounds each to appear as witnesses at the next Sessions against the said Joseph SELEY. The King } The Jury find No bill. vs Solomon DENNY The King } Indictment } Plea } A Petit Jury called vs trespass and assault not Guilty and sworn as follows James COVELL 1. Henry ANDERSON 7. Peter QUAKENBUSH [sic] 2. Ezra ADAMS 8. Abraham BULL 3. Curtis ADAMS 9. Beriah MITCHEL 4.William McNIEL [sic] 10. Dennis BARTON 5. Thomas MOLATT [sic] Junr 11. David BOICE 6. Abraham PARNEL 12. John ANDERSON The Jury find the defendant James COVELL GUILTY of the offence whereof he is Indicted. The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of ten pounds. And he is committed to His Majesty's Gaol in Johnstown there to remain until he pay the said fine. The Treasurer is ordered to pay H. WALKER six pounds ten shillings in full of an account for extracts of fines, drawing precept etc etc up to this Session. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 206 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at District of Johnstown Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the fifteenth day of May in the fiftieth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Joel STONE, James BREAKENRIDGE, Thomas FRASER, Benjamin LYMAN, Philip PHILIPS, Uriah SCOVILL, Stephen BURRITT, Henry ARNOLD and Solomon JONES Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opended [sic] and read.} Joel STONE The Sheriff returned the Precept. chosen Chairman. The Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Jehial [sic] HURD foreman. 1. John LAURENCE [sic] 12. John BASS 2. Asahel WRIGHT 13. Jonathan WOODCOCK 3. Adoniram BURRITT 14. Timothy HODGE 4. Littel [sic] GLASFORD 15. Jehiel [sic] BISSELL 5. Thomas BARTON 16. Zenas BISSELL 6. Immanuel DAKE 17. Andrew PERRIN 7. Obadiah READ 18. David WHITNEY 8. Heman LANDON 19. Amos KNAPP 9. John WHITE 20. John BRUNDAGE 10 John SCOTT 21 [blank] 11. Samuel MOREY The King } Indictment } The Prisoner being arraigned vs for Blasphemy pleads Guilty. Niel [sic] GALLASPIE [sic] Ordered [continues] Page 207 Ordered that the said Niel GALLASPIE be put in and upon the pillory immediately, there to remain for the space of one hour, with a paper on his forehead inscribed Blasphemy, that he be put in and upon the pillory for one hour tomorrow, that he be remanded to prison for the space of seven days, & pay a fine of six shillings and eight pence. The King } Indictment } The defendant being arraigned vs Trespass & assault pleads Guilty. John WOODS Ordered that the said John WOODS do pay a fine of eight pounds, which he paid to the Sheriff. John MUNRO entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Francis FRENCH and Joseph LANDON) in the sum of five pounds each, to keep an orderly and decent house as Innkeeper for one year from the fifteen day of January last. The King } Indictment } The defendant being vs Trespass and assault arraigned pleads Not Guilty. Mathew MAIN Mathew MAIN of Edwardsburgh, Yeoman, entered into recognizance in the sum of fifty pounds with two sureties (Gideon ADAMS and David FROOM, both of Edwardsburgh Yeomen) each in the sum of twenty five pounds for the appearance of the said Mathew MAIN at the next Sessions to try his traverse. The Treasurer of the District is hereby ordered to pay Stephen BURRITT Esquire, the sum of thirty-six pounds Currency, out of any money that may come into his hands, [etc etc] for seventy-two days at the last Session of Parliament as Representative for the County of Grenville. The Treasurer is ordered to pay Peter HOWARD Esquire thirty-five pounds� Page 208 Of any Act of the Provincial Parliament, for seventy days attendance at the second Sessions of the fifth Provincial Parliament, as representative [sic] of the County of Leeds. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow Morning at eight OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Benjamin LYMAN Stephen BURRITT } Esquires { Uriah SCOVILL Henry ARNOLD Philip PHILIPS James BREAKENRIDGE The King } Indictment } The Defendant being vs Trespass & assault arraigned pleads Guilty Joseph SELEY [sic] The Court order the defendant to pay a fine of fifteen pounds and stand committed until paid. The Fine is mitigated five pounds. The remaining ten pounds of the said fine be paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } The Grand Jury find No Bill. vs Thomas McCREA The Court order that a full rate be collected for the present year. Joseph SELEY entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (John POTTIER [sic] and William HEWITT) each in the sum of ten pounds to keep the peace for one year towards all His Majesty's Subjects and more especially towards Ira ANDREWS. Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler, fifteen shillings Currency. Allowed Cornelius SMITH Constable one pound, nineteen shillings, eleven pence. Page 209 John BRUNSON is appointed Path Master in lieu of Abel COLEMAN, late of Elizabethtown, deceased. Ebenezer KNAPP is appointed Path Master in lieu of Dennis BURGES [sic], late of Bastard, deceased. List of Constables for the present year. Asa LANDON of Elizabethtown, High Constable. James McCLORCHYE [sic] James LANDON } Edwardsburgh Philip PETERS Seth DOWNS } Front of Leeds Oliver LANDON Senr } Front of Lansdown Cornelius SMITH Stephen BALDWIN Jonathan McCHURCH (sworn) } Elizabethtown Henry BOULLON [BOULTON ?] Isaac IRELAND } Kitley Andrew TIDD [sic] Winthrop TUFTS } Yonge John BARNS [sic] Clark NICHOLS } Bastard Thomas McCREA William ROBISON } River Rideau Roswell EVERTS Timothy HEDGES Ezekiel ROSE } Augusta Johnstown District May 14-1810 At a meeting of the following magistrates the following opinions are submitted to the Magistrates generall [sic] of the District of Johnstown. Present -- Joel STONE, James BREAKENRIDGE, Stephen BURRITT, Benjamin LYMAN, Philip PHILIPS and Henry ARNOLD--that Joel STONE, Esquire, and Henry BOGART, Esquire, do take the front of Leeds and Lansdown & front of Young [sic] on King's road dow [sic] to Mr Jones' mills for their division of [highways] That [continues] Page 210 That Philip PHILIPS and Truman HICOK Esquires, do take the rear of Leeds and Lansdown and rear of Yonge for their division of highways. That Benjamin LYMAN & Uriah SCOVILL Esquires, do take the Township of Kitley and the North East part of the Township of Bastard, commencing at the side road between lots number twelve and thirteen, that runs through the Township and including the side road. That Stephen WASHBURN and Daniel BURRITT Esquires, do take the Township of Wolford, Montague, Marlborough, & Oxford on the Rideau & in the County of Grenville, for their division of Highways [sic]. That Daniel JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD and Henry ARNOLD Esquires do that the first, second, & third Concession of Elizabethtown for their division of highways. That James BREAKENRIDGE, Thomas SMYTH & Samuel WRIGHT Esquires do take the residue of the Township of Elizabethtown, not allotted to Daniel JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD and Henry ARNOLD, Esquires, for their division of highway [sic]. That Gideon ADAMS Esquire, and William FRASER Esquire, if he pleases to act, do take the Township of South Gower. That Thomas FRASER and Hugh MUNRO Esquires, do take the Township of Edwardsburgh. That Edward JESSUP Esquire, Solomon JONES Esquire, and Ephraim JON ES Esquire do take the Township of Augusta. Ordered by the May Session 1810 that the above is [sic] the divisions for the Magistrates to act as the Commissioners of the roads and that the Clerk do furnish a fair Copy to each divisions of magistrates as Commissioners aforesaid. Page 211 Ordered that Charles JONES Esquire do forthwith collect all monies now due by subscription for building the Court House and Gaol in Elizabethtown, and do collect as fast as possible all such monies, as are subscribed for the above purpose, and not yet due, and do proceed to expend said monies for the purpose of finishing said Court House as fast as possible, and that a copy of the Order be sent to Charles Jones Eqr forthwith. Divisions of Magistrates Edwardsburgh & } Thomas FRASER, Gideon ADAMS & Hugh MUNRO Esqrs South GOWER Augusta } Edward JESSUP, Ephraim JONES, Solomon JONES and Richard ARNOLD Esqrs Elizabethtown } Daniel JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD, Thomas SMYTH, James BREAKENRIDGE, Samuel WRIGHT and Henry ARNOLD Esquires. Montague, Oxford } Stephen BURRITT & Daniel BURRITT Esqrs Wolford & Marlborough From the front to the sixth concession of } Thomas SMYTH & Henry BOGART Esquires Yonge, and the front of Leeds and Lansdown Rear of Leeds,Truman HICOCK, Stephen WASHBURN Eqrs Bastard, Crosby, } Seth WARNER and Uri [sic] SCOVILL Esquires Rear of Lansdown Kitley and rear of } Benjamin LYMAN and Philip PHILIPS Esqrs Yonge The above divisions are intended for the limits of the Magistrates in which to issue Summons for the Courts of request and to do all matters appertaining to said Court.The Clerk of the Peace is ordered to record the above as a rule of Court at the May Sessions 1810. Page 212 Ordered that the Town Clerks have over and above any allowance provided in the Acts of the Province two per cent for their trouble in taking the number of the inhabitants in each and every Township in the District of Johnstown and that this order imbrace [sic] the said Town Clerks for the last years and to continue in future unless otherwise ordered but that any Township where the Assessment shall exceed ?100 there shall be no allowance for any sum exceeding ?100 in any one Township. That the Clerk of the Peace transmit this order to each Town Clerk, and that shall entitle them to receive the sums they are severally entitled to. The Treasurer is ordered to pay John KINYON [sic] & Rufus SHEPARD the sum of one pound ten shillings for assisting in taking Niel GALLASPIE to Gaol. Ordered that any Innkeeper or person keeping a licensed public house, who shall vend or sell any Wine or Spirituous Liquor on the Sabbath or Lords day [sic], shall be liable to the fines, forfeiture & forfeitures mentioned in Act of the Province for regulating the manner of licensing public houses passed in the twenty eighth year of His Majesty's reign. Ordered to be recorded at May Sessions 1810. The Treasurer of the District is hereby ordered to pay Hamilton WALKER the sum of five pounds currency for drawing precept, etc etc. Hendrick FROOMAND [sic] of Yonge in said district, Yeoman, because he came not now here to give evidence before the Grand Inquest [sic]on a Bill of Indictment against George CORNELL, Samuel MOTT and Elisha WING, for an assault & battery as by a certain recognizance taken before Thomas SMYTH Esq. one of the Justices of Our Lord the King on the twenty fourth day of March last, he has forfeited the sum of twenty pounds. The King } Recognizance respected until next Sessions. vs William THOMPSON H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 213 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at District of Johnstown Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the fourteenth day of August in the fiftieth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before James BREAKENRIDGE , Thomas SHERWOOD, Ephraim JONES, Philip PHILIPS and Hugh MUNRO Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district [sic] and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District committed. The Commission of the Peace opened and read. The Sheriff returned the Precept. The Grand Jury and sworn as follows Samuel HECK chosen foreman. 1. David KILBORN 12. Elisha ANDERSON 2. Barthw EARLEY 13. Samuel HUMBERSTONE 3. Charles DUNHAM 14. David D. JONES 4. Jonathan FULFORD Junr 15. Bazil[sic] RORISON 5. Rice HONEYWELL 16. Joseph FALKNER 6. Jacob HECK 17. Daniel NETTLETON 7. Heman HURLBURT 18. Joseph BROCKWAY 8. Samuel SMADES 19. James DUNHAM 9. Stephen CORNELL 20. Caleb CLOSSON 10. Richard VANARNAM 21. John JONES 11. James HALL James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire chosen chairman. Page 214 The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE Hugh MUNRO Solomon JONES Thomas FRASER Gideon ADAMS William FRASER Ephraim JONES } Esquires { Henry ARNOLD Daniel JONES Henry BOGART Thomas SMYTH and Philip PHILIPS Richard ARNOLD The King } Indictment } A Petit Jury called vs Trespass & assault and sworn as follows Mathew MAIN 1. Nehemiah SEAMAN 7. Elkana BILLINGS, Junr 2. John McCRADY 8. John ELLIOTT [sic] 3. Barnard EMBURY 9. William TALLMAN 4. John McLEAN 10. Jesse HOLMES 5. Henry McLEAN 11. David MANHART 6. Stephen BEECH 12. Eli KILBORN The Jury find the Defendant Mathew MAIN Guilty of the offence whereof he is Indicted, and order him to pay a fine of five pounds, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King vs } The Grand Jury find No Bill. William DAVIES Junr The King } Indictment } Defendant being vs Trespass and assault arraigned pleads Not Henry BOYCE Guilty and traverses his Indictment. Henry BOYCE entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds with two sureties (Reuben GARLICK and John GAYLORD) in the sum of five pounds each for his apearance [sic] at the next Quarter Sessions of the Peace and not depart the Court until leave. Page 215 The King vs } Recognizance discharged. John SNYDER The King } Indictment } Defendant being [vs] Stephen WILLCOX Trespass & assault arraigned pleads Guilty. The Court order the Defendant to pay a fine of five pounds and the costs, and he is committed to his [sic] Majesty's Gaol in Johnstown, there to remain until the said fine and costs are paid. The King } Indictment } The Defendant being vs Trespass & assault arraigned pleads Not Isaac IRELAND Guilty [No line here mentioning Petit Jury called, but it obviously was. MCB] 1. Benjamin ANDREWS 7. Jonathan BUELL 2. Philip MOSHER 8. Benjamin BROWN 3. Reuben MOTT 9. Hiram KILBORN 4. Amos NETTLETON 10. Edward BROWN 5. Samuel WHITE 11. Benjamin SALTS 6. James CHAMBERS 12. James KILBORN The Jury find the Defendant Isaac IRELAND Guilty--The Court order him to pay a fine of five shillings, which he paid to the Sheriff in court. The King vs } Recognizance discharged. William THOMPSON The King vs } The Grand Jury find No Bill. Samuel PROSSER The King vs } The Grand Jury find No Bill. Philip PETERS Page 216 The King } Indictment } Hannah DENNY one of the vs Trespass & assault Defendants being arraigned Abraham DENNY pleads Not Guilty. & Hannah DENNY [Petit Jury obviously called but line not in text. MCB.] 1. Philip MOSHER 7. Benjamin BROWN 2. Amos NETTLETON 8.John McCRADY 3. Samuel WHITE 9. Hiram KILBORN 4. James CHAMBERS 10. Edward BROWN 5. Jonathan BUELL 11. Barnard EMBURY 6. Nehemiah SEAMAN 12.John McLEAN The Jury find the Defendant Hannah DENNY Not Guilty. The King vs } Recognizance discharged. Joseph WHITE The King vs } Recognizance discharged. Edward JOHNSON The King vs } Recognizance discharged. Samuel THOMAS Allowed Roswell EVERTS the sum of forty five shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. Allowed Oliver EVERTS Esquire Coroner, the sum of eight pounds seventeen shillings and nine pence currency [sic], to be paid out of the Treasury, in full of an account for services done as Coroner. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at at [sic] five of the Clock. Page 217 The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE Henry ARNOLD Thomas SMYTH } Esquires { Richard ARNOLD Henry BOGART [sic] and Daniel JONES Thomas SHERWOOD Allowed James LANDON, Constable, the sum of one pound six shillings and four pence to be paid out of the Treasury. Allowed Roswell EVERTS, Constable, the sum of twelve shillings and six pence for arresting Isaac IRELAND and travelling to make the arrest, to be paid out of the Treasury. Ordered that the treasurer do pay Hamilton WALKER, Clerk of the Peace, the sum of thirty one pounds fourteen shillings and six pence out of the Treasury in full of an Account this day exhibited by him. Whereas an Act was passed in the fourth Session of the fourth Parliament, entitled, "An Act for building a Court House and Gaol in the Township of Elizabeth Town [sic] in the District of Johnstown" whereby it is enacted "that as soon as the Justices of the Peace for said District in General Quarter Sessions assembled, or the majority of them, shall be satisfied that the said Court House and Gaol are sufficiently finished, the said Court House and Gaol shall be and they are hereby declared to be the Gaol and Court House of the District of Johnstown." Therefore be it hereby known to all whom it may concern, that we His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said District of Johnstown in General Quarter Sessions assembled, or the Majority of us, do [continues] Page 218 do hereby certify, that we or the majority of us in General Quarter Sessions assembled as aforesaid, are satisfied that the said Court House and Gaol are sufficiently finished; and in consequence of our satisfaction certified as aforesaid in pursuance to the Act aforesaid, we do hereby order, that from and after the tenth day of September now next ensuing, the said Court House and Gaol in Elizabethtown is and shall thereafter be considered as the Court House and Gaol for the District of Johnstown aforesaid. And we do hereby further order, that Charles JONES or any other person who is, or shall hereafter be authorized by us, or the majority of us, to expend monies on the Court House and Gaol aforesaid, shall be at liberty and he is hereby authorized at any time after the tenth day of September next, to take from the Court house and Gaol now in Johnstown the following articles, viz. Two Iron Stoves with the pipes belonging thereto, one of which Stoves is now in the Court room [sic] and the other in one of the Cells--And we do hereby order and direct that the Sheriff and Gaoler of the District of Johnstown aforesaid shall be aiding and assisting in the execution of Our orders aforesaid--And further we do order & direct that on the tenth or eleventh day of September now next ensuing William FRASER Esquire, Sheriff of the said District of Johnstown do remove or cause to be removed all the prisoners in his custody in the Gaol of Johnstown to the Gaol in Elizabethtown that being the Gaol recognized by law for the District of Johnstown. And it is further ordered that the Sheriff shall be paid his expences [sic] in removing the prisoners from the Gaol in Johnstown to the Gaol in Elizabethtown, and that the Constables of the District do be aiding and assisting the Sheriff in conveying the said prisoners to the Gaol in Elizabethtown--And it is further ordered, that an Express shall be sent with notice to the Judge of Assize, that the Court House in Elizabethtown is sufficiently finished to hold the ensuing Assizes in the same; and that the said Express shall be paid out of the District Treasury, provided the sum does not exceed seven pounds ten shillings; and that [continues] Page 219 that Charles JONES Esquire, do retain that sum in his hands out of the public money of the District for that purpose. Ordered that the Judges seat, the Table and all the loose planks in the Court Room, in the Court House at Johnstown, also the Stocks and Pillory standing on the lot on which the said Court House now stands, be removed at the same time the above articles are ordered to be removed, and to be removed to the Court House at Elizabethtown and that the Sheriff be aiding and assisting in doing the above. H. Walker Clk of the Peace Page 220 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at the Court District of Johnstown House in Elizabethtown, in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the thirteenth day of November in the fifty-first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, defender of the faith, before James BREAKENRIDGE, Ephraim JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD, William FRASER, Solomon JONES, Joel STONE, Hugh MUNRO, Thomas SMYTH, Philip PHILIPS, Henry ARNOLD, Thomas FRASER, Gideon ADAMS, Stephen WASHBURN and Benjamin LYMAN Esquires, & others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace in the said district, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses & other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened & read. } James BREAKENRIDGE The Sheriff returned the Precept. Esquire chosen Chairman. The Grand Jury called & sworn as follows Samuel McNISH Foreman 1. Increase SMITH 13. Richard BAXTER 2. John SHIPMAN 14. Albe [sic] PENOCK 3. Samuel SHIPMAN 15. Roswell FIELD 4. Archd McLEAN 16. Mathew FRANKLIN 5. Samuel GRIFFIN 17. Nathan CLARK 6. Alexr McLEAN 18. Reuben M. JOHNS 7. William AVERY 19. Hugh JOHNS 8. Peter PURVIS 20. John VAUGHAN 9.Abel FULFORD 21. Abraham CLARK 10. Linas FIELD 22. Ezekiel GLAZIER 11. David SHIPMAN 23. Samuel RAYMOND 1 Samuel McNISH Page 221 The King vs } Defendant discharged. Jehial[sic] Bissell The King The Court order the defendants to pay a vs } fine of forty shillings for not doing their duty William MANHART as Assessors of Elizabethtown for the year 1810 & whereof they are convicted on their own confession Stephen HOWARD which fine they paid to the Sheriff in Court. The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires { Stephen WASHBURN Joel STONE Ephraim JONES Henry ARNOLD Gideon ADAMS Solomon JONES Hugh MUNRO William FRASER & Daniel JONES Benjamin LYMAN The King } The recognizance of the defendant is respited vs until the next Sessions. Henry BOYCE John SNYDER, Henry SNYDER, Isaac HENDERSON, Henry VAMBURY and John SNYDER Junior, entered into a recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Session [sic] of the Peace and give evidence against Henry BOYCE. The King } The defendant being called does not appear. vs John H. COVELL Page 222 The King } Indictment } Heman HURLBURT one of vs Trespass & Assault the Defendants being Heman HURLBURT arraigned pleads Not Guilty & and traverses his Indictment William LONG to the next Sessions. Heman HURLBURT entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (Thomas DOYLE and Philip MOSHER) in the sum of ten pounds each, for the appearance of the said Heman HURLBURT a the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said district, to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he has now pleaded not guilty. ~ Rice HONEYWELL, Hannah MOSHER, Charles OLMSTEAD, Winthrop ALLEN and Abiather BOYCE entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Heman HURLBURT. The King } Indictment vs Trespass & assaHeman HURLBURT& William LONG } William LONG one of the ult defendants, being arraigned pleads Not Guilty, and puts himself upon his trial. A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. William ROBERTSON 7. Hugh BOLTON [sic] 2. Moses ELLIOTT 8. Elias PECK 3. Thomas BOULTON [sic] 9. Moses MERRICK 4. John HORTON 10. Alexander KINCAID 5. Nicholas HORTON 11. George GARDMER 6. Samuel BOLTON [sic] 12. James CONNEL The Jury find the defendant William LONG Guilty. The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of ten pounds which he paid to the Sheriff. Isaac BOOTH appointed Constable for the present year. Page 223 The King } Indictment } The Prisoners being arraigned vs Petit Larceny plead Not Guilty. Isaiah CANE [sic] & James MOORE A Petit Jury called and sworn as follws. 1. Stephen BISSONETTE 7. Caleb HENDERSON 2. Justus HUBBELL 8. Stephen Tod [sic] BEECH 3. David HUNTER Junr 9 Ezekiel SHIPMAN 4. John MUNRO 10. Enock [sic] KNOWLTON 5. Justus MALLORY 11. Henry ELLIOTT 6. Cruth [sic] PATTERSON 12. Joab HUTCHINSON The Jury find the Prisoners Isaiah CANE and James MOORE Guilty of the Larceny whereof they are Indicted-- Sentence-- That Isaiah CANE be committed to Gaol for the space of one Calendar month, that he pay a fine of forty shillings, and remain committed until he shall pay the said fine-- and that James MOORE be committed to the common Gaol of the said District for the space of one Calendar month. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE Thomas FRASER Joel STONE Hugh MUNRO Daniel JONES } Esquires { Henry ARNOLD Thomas SHERWOOD Solomon JONES William FRASER & Ephraim JONES Stephen WASHBURN The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty Thomas SMYTH Esqr Thomas SMYTH Esquire entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Bartholomew CARLEY & Charles JONES Esquires) in the sum of five pounds each, for the appearance of said Thomas SMYTH at the next Quarter Sessions to be holden in and for said district, to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he has now pleaded Not Guilty. Page 224 The King }Indictment } Plea vs Contempt Not Guilty William FRASER Esqr.Sheriff William FRASER Esquire, Sheriff, entered into recognizance in the sum of fifty pounds with two sureties (Hugh MUNRO and Thomas FRASER Esquires) in the sum of twenty five pounds each, for the appearance of the said William FRASER at the next Quarter Sessions to be holden in and for said district to try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he has now pleaded not Guilty. The King vs } Indictment } Bench Warrant issued James McILMOYL Trespass & assault the sixteenth of November [L?I?�very faded ] & Richd Duncan FRASER The King } Indictment } [plea blank/nothing further written] vs Trespass & assault Richd Duncan FRASER The King } Indictment } Bench Warrant issued vs Trespass & assault the 16th ~ Thomas McCREA Elijah W. CROUCH entered in to recognizance in the sum of ten pounds to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against the said Thomas McCREA. The King } Indictment } Bench Warrant issued the 16th . vs Trespass & assault Asa STOREY The King } Defendant discharged from his recognizance. vs Lyman GEORGE Allowed Winthrop TUFTS the sum of forty shillings to be paid out of the Treasury for arresting Abraham BRASS [sic] and serving subpoenas etc. Page 225 The King } Andrew BAIRD entered into recognizance vs in the sum of fifty pounds, with two sureties Andrew BAIRD ( John COLE and Joseph WOOLLEY) in the sum of twenty five pounds each, for the appearance of the said Andrew BAIRD at the next Sessions, and in the mean time [sic] to keep the Peace towards all His Majesty's liege people, and especially towards William CLOW. � Allowed Roswell EVERTS the sum of thirteen shillings and five pence Currency for serving subpoena on Samuel BROTHERHOOD as Witness against Isaiah CANE and James MOORE and the further sum of eighteen shillings & eight pence for serving summons on the Assessors of Augusta and Elizabethtown to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed Abraham FLEMING the sum of thirty shillings to be paid out of the Treasury for the attendance of himself and Wife [sic] as witnesses at the last Assizes against Ezra BROCKWAY. � Allowed William BEECH the sum of one pound two shillings and ten pence to be paid out of the Treasury for arresting Ezra BROCKWAY etc. � Allowed Cornelius SMITH Constable the sum of two shillings and six pence and the sum of fifteen shillings for three men assisting him to Guard Prisoners, to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler, the sum of two pounds eight shillings and nine pence to be paid out of the Treasury for the maintenance of Ezra BROCKWAY. The Court order that an Order of Sessions allowing William FRASER Esquire Sheriff, of the District of Johnstown, the sum of twenty pounds per annum payable qarterly [sic], shall discontinue and no longer be in force from this day. Page 226 � Ordered That [sic] the Treasurer do pay H.WALKER Clerk of the Peace, the sum of seven pounds twelve shillings & six pence Currency out of the Treasury being in full of an account this day exhibited by him. � Allowed John WEEKES Deputy Sheriff the sum of fifteen shillings Currency to be paid out of the District Treasury. � Ordered that the windows in the Cells in the Gaol in Elizabethtown be double Grated-- that each Cell be double planked with oak or elm planks, and spike [sic]- -that two oak doors of proper strength be made to the entry enclosing the two Cells-- that the windows in the Gaoler's room be properly barred with Iron-- that the places for the Stove-pipes be properly secured, and that oak shutters be made to the Cell windows, and it is ordered that Charles JONES Esquire do proceed to have the above completed immediately at the District expence [sic]. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires { and Joel STONE Henry ARNOLD The King vs ) Defendant discharged from his recognizance. Ezra W. CROUCH It is hereby ordered that so soon as William BUEL Esquire, shall have Prefected [sic] the Title of the land on which the Court-House [sic] and Gaol in Elizabethtown is [sic] built, by signing, executing etc. such memorial and other instrument in writing as L.P. SHERWOOD & Hamilton WALKER Esquires shall advise That {sic]the Treasurer of the District shall pay to the said BUELL the sum of twenty pounds Currency consideration money for the land aforesaid. Page 227 Ordered that Charles JONES Eaquire do cause the Stocks and Pillory to be put up and repaired. Ordered that Cahrles JONES Esquire do purchase a small Stove and Pipes for one of the Cells in the Gaol in Elizabethtown. Benjamin BENNIT [sic] of the County of Leeds [long blank] because he came not now here to give evidence on the behalf of Our Sovereign Lord the King against Isaiah CANE and James MOORE, as by a certain recognizance taken before Joel STONE Esquire, one of the Justices of our said Lord the King, he undertook on the fifth day of November Instant, he has forfeited the sum of twenty-five pounds, to the use of our said Lord the King. The Court is adjourned until the second Tuesday in December next at eleven of the Clock in the forenoon. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE & Daniel JONES Esquires. The Court is adjourned until the twentieth day of December Instant at twelve of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires { and Daniel JONES Truman HICOK John H. FIELDS entered into recognizance in the sum of forty pounds with three sureties (Daniel McDANIEL, Mathew MAIN and William FORRESTER) in the sum of thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence each [continues] Page 228 each for the appearance of the said John H. FIELDS at the next Assizes to be holden for the District of Johnstown in order to try, whether he John H. FIELDS is guilty or not of aiding and assisting Ezra BROCKWAY to make his escape out of the Gaol at Johnstown, then under sentence of the Court to be hanged for felony. Parley W. HILL entered into recognizance in the sum of forty pounds with three sureties ( Daniel McDANIEL, Mathew MAIN and William FORRESTER Yeomen) in the sum of thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence each , for the appearance of the said Parley W. HILL at the next Assizes to be holden for the District of Johnstown in order that he the said Parley W. HILL may be tried whether he is guilty or not of aiding & assisting Ezra BROCKWAY to make his escape out of the Gaol at Johnstown, then under sentence of the Court to be hanged. Abner H. BLAKE entered into recognizance in the sum of forty pounds with two sureties ( John ELLIOTT And Willaim FORRESTER Yeomen) in the sum of twenty pounds each , for the appearance of the said Abner H. BLAKE at the next Assizes to be holden for the District of Johnstown in order that he the said Abner H. BLAKE may be tried whether he is guilty or not of aiding & assisting Ezra BROCKWAY to make his escape out of the Gaol at Johnstown, then under sentence of the Court to be hanged. Allowed Robert McLEAN the sum of two pounds out of the District Treasury, being his fees as Town Clerk for the last year. Page 229 Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Elisha ATKINS Gaoler, the sum of five pounds seventeen shillings eleven pence for the maintenance of James MOORE, Isaiah CANE, John H. FIELDS, Parley W. HILL and Abner H. BLAKE. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 230 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at the Court House District of Johnstown in Elizabethtown, in and for the District of Johnstown, on tuesday [sic] the nineteenth day of February, in the fifty first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, before Ephraim JONES, Joel STONE, Daniel JONES, Truman HICOK, Uri SCOVILL, Solomon JONES, Richard ARNOLD, Thomas SMYTH and Hugh MUNRO Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district, & also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened and read. } Joel STONE Esquire The Sheriff returned the Precept. chosen Chairman. The Grand Jury called and sworn as followsBilla FLINT Foreman 1. Billa FLINT 11. Caleb SEAMANS Junr 2. Abrham DAYTON 12. James BROOKER 3. Nathan DAYTON 13. David BALDWIN 4. Trulove [sic] BUTLER 14. Henry LARUE 5. Avory [sic] SMITH 6. Thomas F. HOWLAND 7. Seth DOWNS 8. Nathan FISH 9. James HALSTED 10. Randy McDONELL 15. Ephraim RAYNOLDS [sic] 16. David HUTCHINSON 17. Israel BOWEN 18. Joseph LANDON 19. Enoch HARRINGTON 20. Ashael KYES [sic] Abraham DAYTON chosen Foreman in lieu of Billa FLINT Page 231 The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Henry BOYCE A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1.James PATTERSON 7. William CUMSTOCK [sic] 2. Gardner LEE 8. David MALLORY 3. Daniel MALLORY 9. Israel MALLORY 4. Closson [sic] AERS [AIRS?] 10. Samuel MUMO [sic] 5. Samuel ELLIOTT 11. Jehoida BOYCE Junr 6. William McCUE [sic] 12. Abraham WRIGHT The Jury find the Defendant Guilty of the Assault and Battery whereof he is Indicted-- The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of ten shillings, which he paid to the Sheriff in court. The King vs } Indictment } [plea blank] Heman HURLBURT Trespass & assault A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Hugh GRAY 7. Crinas [sic] LARUE 2. Timothy MUNRO 8. James LARUE 3. James MALLORY 9. Elias HUTCHINSON 4. Peter ELIA [sic] 10. Thomas McGOWEN 5. John MALLORY 11. John TRICKEY 6. Peter TRICKEY 12. Lovel BEECH [sic] The Jury find the defendant Heman HURLBURT Guilty --The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of five pounds, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten of the Clock.. Page 232 The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE, Daniel JONES, Thomas SMYTH, Solomon JONES, Truman HICOK, Thomas SHERWOOD, James BREAKENRIDGE, Henry ARNOLD, Hugh MUNRO, Richard ARNOLD, Stephen WASHBURN, Ephraim JONES and Philip PHILIPS Esquires.-- [sic -Written in long sentence not columns in original.. MCB ] The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty William MORRISON William MORRISON entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (High BOYD and Ephraim CURRY) in the sum of ten pounds each for the appearance of the said William MORRISON at the next Sessions to try his traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Henry RENAU [sic] and William FRASER Esq. Sheriff entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions as evidences against William MORRISON. The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Thomas SMYTH Esqr A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Benjamin LANDON 7. Daniel MALLORY 2. William H. LANDON 8. Closson AIRS [sic] 3. William TRICKEY 9. John WHITNEY 4. William DENSMOORE [sic] 10. Stephen WHITNEY 5. Daniel TRICKEY 11. Samuel ELLIOTT 6. Gardner LEE 12. William McCUE The Jury find the defendant Thomas SMYTH Guilty-- The Court order the defendant to pay a fine of five shillings. Page 233 The King } Indictment } [blank] vs for contempt in disobeying William FRASER Esqr an Order of Sessions. Sheriff A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. William CUMSTOCK 7.James MALLORY 2. David MALLORY 8. Peter ELYEA [sic] 3. Samuel MUNRO 9. John MALLORY 4. Abraham WRIGHT 10. Peter TRICKEY 5. Hugh GRAY 11. Peter LARUE 6. Timothy MUNRO 12. Crinas LARUE The Jury find the Defendant William FRASER Esquire, Sheriff, Guilty of the offence whereof he is Indicted--The Court order that the said defendant do pay a fine of five pounds, and remain committed til paid. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty Richd D. FRASER Richard Duncan FRASER entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (Jonathan Mills CHURCH & William FRASER Esqr Sheriff) in the sum of ten pounds each for the appearance of the said Richard Duncan FRASER at the next Sessions to try his traverse and not depart the Court without leave. The King vs } Indictment } Plea James McILMOYL Trespass & Assault Not Guilty & Richd Duncan FRASER James McILMOYL and Richard D. FRASER entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds each, with two sureties (Jonathan Mills CHURCH & Ephraim CURRY) in the sum of ten pounds each, for the appearance of the said James McILMOYL and Richard D. FRASER at the next Sessions to try their traverse & not depart the Court without leave. Page 234 Joseph SELEY [sic] entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against James McILMOYL and Richard D. FRASER. The King vs } Indictment } Plea Asa STOREY Assault Guilty. The Court order the said defendant to pay a fine of one shilling, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King vs } Indictment } Plea Thomas McCREA Trespass & Assault Not Guilty ~ Thomas McCREA entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (William MERRICK and Samuel THOMAS) in the sum of ten pounds each for the appearance of the said Thomas McCREA at the next Sessions, to try his traverse & not depart the Court without leave. Elijah W. CROUCH entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Thomas McCREA. The King vs } The Jury find No Bill. Charles JONES Esqr The King vs } The Jury find No Bill. Susannah MARS [sic] The King vs } Discharged from their recognizance. John HICKS & Ephraim CURRY The King } Discharged from his recognizance. vs David B. WARREN Page 235 Solomon STOREY of Augusta Innkeeper, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Levi SOPER of Lansdown and Roswell EVERTS) in the sum of five pounds each, to suffer no unlawful games & to keep good order within his house for one year from the fifth day of January last. The King vs } Indictment } Plea Billa FLINT Trespass & assault not Guilty ~ & Walter TAPLIN Billa FLINT and Walter TAPLIN entered into recognizance in the sum of forty pounds each with two sureties (Peet SELEE[sic] and Moses OLDS) in the sum of twenty pounds each for the appearance of the said Billa FLINT and Walter TAPLIN at the next Session of the Peace to try their traverse & not depart the Court without leave. Jesse HOLMES & Jesse HOLMES Junior, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Billa Flint and Walter TAPLIN. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Daniel JONES Henry ARNOLD } Esquires { Philip PHILIPS Solomon JONES .Allowed two pounds sixteen shillings and ten pence Currency to be paid Roswell EVERTS Constable, out of the Treasury. . .Allowed Michael COOK late Gaoler of the said district, the sum of five pounds three shillings & eleven pence Currency to be paid out of the treasury, being in full of an Account by him exhibited for services done as Gaoler. Page 236 .Allowed John WEEKES, Cornelius SMITH, Isaac BOOTH and Stephen BALDWIN the sum of fifteen shillings each to be paid out of the Treasury for removing Prisoners from the Gaol in Johnstown to that in Elizabethtown. .Allowed Hubbard JOHNSON, John LUKE Senior, Mary LUKE & John LUKE Junior, the sum of ten shillings each to be paid out of the Treasury for their attendance at the Assizes as witnesses against Ezra BROCKWAY. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault not Guilty Joel PALMER A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. James LARUE 7. Daniel TRICKEY 2. Elias HUTCHINSON 8. James PATTERSON 3. Thomas McGOWAN 9. Samuel ELLIOTT 4. John TRICKEY 10. William CUMSTOCK 5. William H. LANDON 11. Samuel MUNRO 6. William DENSMOORE [sic] 12. Timothy MUNRO The Jury find the defendant Joel PALMER Guilty. The Court order that the said defendant do pay a fine of five pounds and he is committed to his [sic] Majesty's Gaol in Elizabethtown there to remain until the said fine is paid. The King } Indictment } Plea vs [blank] not Guilty Samuel MOTT Samuel MOTT entered into a recognizance in the sum of forty pounds, with two sureties (Elias PECK & Nathan BROWN) in the sum of twenty pounds each for the appearance of the said Samuel MOTT at the next Sessions of Peace to try his traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Page 237 Beriah CARPENTER and David D. STAFFORD entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds each to appear at the next Sessions & give evidence against Samuel MOTT. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty Billa FLINT Billa FLINT entered into recognizance in the sum of thirty pounds, with two sureties ( Nathan DAYTON and Abraham DAYTON) in the sum of fifteen pounds each for the appearance of the said Billa FLINT at the next Sessions of the Peace to try his traverse, and not depart the Court without leave. � The Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay Hamilton WALKER the sum of seven pounds ten shillings Currency in full of an Account this day exhibited by him. � Allowed William FRASER Esquire, Sheriff, the sum of five pounds Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for summoning the Jury for this Sessions. � Allowed William Fraser Esquire, Sheriff, the sum of one pound ten shillings to be paid out of the Treasury for conveying the prisoners from Johnstown to Elizabethtown and for arresting & conveying SALTER [no first name written ] to the House of Correction. Page 238 Whereas Asa STOREY and George ELLIOTT have been duly summoned to appear here and shew cause if any they had why two barrels of Salt the one marked J. HARSBROOK and the other J.B. lately imported from the United Sates of America should not be condemned & sold according to the law together with a Canoe, two oars & one paddle. [sic] The said Asa STOREY and George ELLIOTT being duly called, do not appear --Therefore it is considered by the Court here that the said two barrels of Salt, Canoe, oars and paddle shall be sold pursuant to the statute. Allowed John SCOTT the sum of five shillings to be paid out of the Treasury for his attendance as a witness against Martin MIDDOGH [sic] & Isaac KING. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Elisha ATKINS Gaoler, the sum of forty pounds Currency per annum as a Salary, and that the said Gaoler do provide the Courts of Quarter Sessions with fire wood [sic- two words] when necessary--And it is further ordered that that [sic] the said sum be paid quarterly. Ordered that the Clerk of the Peace do prepare a bill of Indictment against Seth DOWNS for not taking the Oath of Constable, and that Joel STONE Esquire, be subpoenaed to give evidence against the said Seth DOWNS at the next Sessions. Charles OLMSTEAD of [blank space] yeoman, because he came not now here to give evidence on the behalf of Our said Lord the King, against Heman HURLBURT in [continues] Page 239 in a case of assault and battery [no caps] as by a certain recognizance (taken at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the thirteenth day of November in the fifty-first [sic] year of the reign of Our said Lord the King, before James BREAKENRIDGE, Ephraim JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD and William FRASER Esquires, and others of their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace in the said district, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses & other misdemeanors in the said district committed) [sic] he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of ten pounds to the use of Our said Lord the King. Abiather BOYCE of Elizabethtown yeoman, because he came not now here to give evidence on the behalf of Our said Lord the King against Heman HURLBURT in a case of Assault and Battery as by a certain recognizance (taken at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden at Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown, on Tuesday the thirteenth day of November in the fifty first year of the reign of Our said Lord the King, before James BREAKENRIDGE, Ephraim JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD and William FRASER Esquires, and others of their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace in the said district, & also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses & other misdemeanors in the said district committed) ) he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of ten pounds to the use of Our said Lord the King. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 240 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace District of Johnstown holden at Elizabethtown, in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the twenty-first day of May in the fifty-first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, defender of the faith, before Joel STONE, James BREAKENRIDGE, Stephen BURRITT, Philip PHILIPS, Stephen WASHBURN, Thomas SMYTH, Henry ARNOLD, Solomon JONES, Daniel JONES and Truman HICOK Esquires, and others their fellow Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the said district, and also to hear & determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened and read. } Joel STONE The Sheriff returned the Precept. Esquire Chairman. The Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Peter HOWARD, Esquire, Foreman 1. Samuel WRIGHT Junr 12. John TAYLOR 2.William GRAVES 13. Ephraim LEE 3. Jesse LAMB 14. Beriah CARPENTER 4. Justus SELEE [sic] 15. Vincent BOOTH 5. Peter GUNSALL 16. Samuel BOOTH 6. William BUELL Esqr 17. William DENSMOORE [sic] 7. Benjamin McVEAGH 18. Peter JUNE 8. Jonah BROWN 19. Wallis [sic] SUNDERLIN 9. John BORDEN 20. Himan[Heman?] LANDON 10. James COVELL 21. Peet SELEE 11. Peter HOWARD Esqr Page 241 The King }Indictment } [plea blank] vs Assault and Battery Thomas McCREA A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Archibald FLETCHER 7. Samuel FAIRCHILD 2. John WHITLEY 8. Levi JUNE 3. Ichabod WING 9. Henry MILLER 4. John McNISH 10. Truman SELEE 5. George MANHART 11. William BOGART 6. David BOOTH 12. William McNISH The Jury find the Defendant Thomas McCREA Guilty and the Court order the said defendant [sic] to pay a fine of five shillings, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } The Jury find No Bill. vs David A. JUNE Ordered that the Treasurer do pay to Stephen BURRITT Esquire, out of the money that may come into his hands under and by virtue of any Act of the Provincial Parliament the sum of thirty six pounds ten shillings Currency, for seventy three days attendance in the third Session of the fifth Provincial Parliament, as Representative of the County of Grenville. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Peter HOWARD Esquire, out of the money that may come into his hands under and by virtue of any Act of the Provincial Parliament the sum of thirty five pounds ten shillings Currency, for seventy one days attendance in the third Session of the fifth Provincial Parliament, as Representative of the County of Grenville. Page 242 Allowed Oliver EVERTS Esquire, the sum of four pounds seventeen shillings and five pence to be paid out of the Treasury being in full of an account [no cap] this day exhibited for services done by him as Coroner. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at six of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Seth WARNER Stephen BURRITT Henry ARNOLD Thomas SMYTH } Esquires { William FRASER Thomas FRASER Hugh MUNRO Philip PHILIPS Samuel SHERWOOD of Augusta Esquire, was appointed one of the Surveyors of Roads for the County of Grenville, and duly sworn pursuant to the Statute in such case made and provided. Ordered that the Treasury do pay into the hands of Solomon JONES Esquire the sum of twenty five pounds Currency, to be expended on a Bridge over the big-creek [sic] in the Township of Augusta. Joel STONE of Leeds in said district Esquire, was appointed one of the Surveyors of Roads for the County of Leeds, and duly sworn pursuant to the Statute in such cases made and provided. Daniel BURRITT Esquire and Asahel HURD were appointed two of the Surveyors of Roads for the County of Grenville. Heman LANDON of Augusta Gentleman was appointed one of the Surveyors of Roads for the County of Grenville. Page 243 The Clerk of the Peace is hereby ordered to employ a Constable to serve notices of appointment on the Constables nominated for the present year and that the said Constable shall be paid out of the Treasury for his services. The King vs } Indictment } [plea blank] Billa FLINT Assault and Battery & Walter TAPLIN A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Archibald FLETCHER 7. John McNISH 2. John WHITLEY 8. Andrew PREVOST 3. Elias PECK 9. William McNish 4. Edmond MOTT 10. George MANHART 5. Elisha BAKER 11. Truman GRISWOLD 6. David BUCK 12. David BOOTH The Jury find the said Billa FLINT and Walter TAPLIN Guilty. The Court order the defendant Billa FLINT to pay a fine of twenty-one pounds, the defendant Walter TAPLIN to pay a fine of nine pounds, which they paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King vs } Indictment } [plea blank] James McILMOYL Assault and Battery & Richd D. FRASER A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. William ALEXANDER 7. Levi JUNE 2. Samuel FAIRCHILD 8. David TRION [sic] 3. Robert CONNEL 9. Henry MILLER 4. William AUSTIN 10. Truman SELEE 5. Derrick HOGABOME [sic] 11. William BOGART 6. John HARRINGTON 12. John KINCAID The Jury find the defendant James McILMOYL and Richard Duncan FRASER Guilty. The Court order [continues] Page 245 order that the said defendant James McILMOYL do pay a fine of fifteen shillings, and the defendant Richd Duncan FRASER do pay a fine of two pounds five shillings and stand committed until the said fine be paid. The said Richd D. FRASER paid his fine to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Assault and Battery Richd D. FRASER A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Archibald FLETCHER 7. John McNISH 2. John WHITLEY 8. Andrew PREVOST 3. Ichabod WING 9. William McNISH 4. Edmond MOTT 10. George MANHART 5. Elisha BAKER 11. Truman GRISWOLD 6. David BUCK 12. David BOOTH The Jury find the Defendant Richard D. FRASER Guilty. The Court order the said defendant [sic] Richd D. FRASER to pay a fine of seven pounds, eight shillings and three pence, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King vs } Discharged from his recognizance. Basail [sic] THRASHER David D. JONES entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Edward JESSUP and Jacob HECK) in the sum of five pounds each as Innkeeper. The King vs } Grand Jury find No Bill. Seth DOWNS The King vs } Grand Jury find No Bill. John B. BENTLEY Page 245 The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Samuel STEVENS Samuel STEVENS entered into a recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Joseph BOYCE of Elizabethtown Yeoman, and Jehial [sic] MITCHEL of Leeds Yeoman) in the sum of five pounds each, for the appearance of the said Samuel STEVENS at the next Sessions of the Peace to try his traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Timothy SMITH and Ebenezer N. BRITTON entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions & give evidence against Samuel STEVENS. The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Billa FLINT A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. William ALEXANDER 7. David TRYON [sic] 2. Robert CONNEL 8. Henry MILLER 3. William AUSTIN 9. John KINCAID 4. David HOGABOME 10. Truman SEELY [sic] 5. John HERRINGTON [sic] 11. William BOGART 6. Levi JUNE 12. Archd FLETCHER The Jury find the said Billa FLINT Not Guilty. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty Isaac KING Jacob KING & William KING Isaac KING, Jacob KING and William KING entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each, with two sureties (Alexander CAMPBELL and John FRASER) in the sum of five pounds each, to appear at the next Sessions of the Peace and try their traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Page 246 Samuel MUNRO, William GREEN and Samuel DULMAGE entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Isaac KING, Jacob KING and William KING. The King } Presentment by the Grand Jury against vs Billa FLINT for Blasphemy --Bench warrant issued. Billa FLINT The King } Presentment for extortion. vs James BREAKENRIDGE & Samuel WRIGHT [Nothing further on this. MCB] The King } Presentment for an assault & battery [sic] vs Levi SOPER [Nothing further on this. MCB] Roswell LARABE of Edwardsburgh entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (William G. FRASER and Daniel McDONELL) in the sum of five pounds each as Inkeeper [sic]. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE } Esquires { Thomas SMYTH James BREAKENRIDGE David JONES Solomon JONES Hnery ARNOLD The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Josiah RATHBONE A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows [continued next page] Page 247 1. John WHITLEY 7. William McNISH 2. Ichabod WING 8. George MANHART 3. Edmond MOTT 9. Truman GRISWOLD 4. David BUCK 10. David BOOTH 5. John McNISH 11. Elias PECK 6. Andrew PREVOST 12. William ALEXANDER The Jury find the defendant Josiah RATHBONE Guilty. The Court order the said Josiah RATHBONE to pay a fine of two pounds ten shillings, which he paid to the Sheriff. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Petit Larceny not Guilty John WOODS A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Samuel FAIRCHILD 7. David TRYON 2. Robert CONNEL 8. Henry MILLER 3. William AUSTIN 9. John KINCAID 4. Derrick HOGABOME 10. Truman SELEE [sic] 5. John HARRINGTON [sic] 11. William BOGART 6. Levi JUNE 12. Archibald FLETCHER The Jury find the said John WOODS Not Guilty. The King } Indictment vs Riot and Assault ---} Levi SOPER, Isaac SOPER, Levi SOPER Stephen ELLIS and David Isaac SOPER COLEMAN on being arraigned Stephen ELLIS plead Not Guilty. Andrew TEED David COLEMAN Levi SOPER entered into recognizance in the sum of ?100. [sic] with two sureties (John STUART & Billa FLINT) in the sum of ?50 each; [space] Isaac SOPER in the sum of ?100, with two sureties (John BARNS [sic] and Philip SHOOK) in the sum of ?50 each. Stephen ELLIS in the sum of ?100, with two sureties (John STRUTHERS & Walter TAPLIN) in the sum of ?50 each, and David COLEMAN in the sum of ?100 with two sureties (William JONES and Charles JONES) in the sum of ?50.[sic] each for their respective appearances at the next Sessions to try their traverses and depart [sic] the Court without leave. Bench warrant issued against Andrew TEED. Page 248 John BARNS, Mary TUEY and Abigail PATTERSON entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Levi SOPER, Isaac SOPER, Stephen ELLIS, Andrew TEED and David COLEMAN. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty. Levi SOPER Levi SOPER entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (Billa FLINT & Jonathan M. CHURCH) in the sum of ten pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and try his traverse & not depart the Court without leave. John BARNS entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Levi SOPER. The Court order a full rate to be collected for the present year. The King vs } Presentment for compounding Larceny. Joel STONE Esqr [Nothing further on this here. MCB] The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE } Esquires { Thomas SHERWOOD Thomas SMYTH Truman HICOK Stephen WASHBURN Stephen BURRITT The King } Indictment { Plea vs Blasphemy Not Guilty Billa FLINT Billa Flint entered into recognizance in the sum of ?300. [sic] with two sureties (Beriah CARPENTER and Samuel BOOTH) in the sum of ?150 each to appear at the next Session [sic] and try his traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Page 249 James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire, Samuel WRIGHT Junior, Ezekiel GLAZIER, James LEVINGSTON [sic], John TAYLOR and Cornelius SMITH entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against Billa FLINT. The King } Indictment } Plea vs extortion Not Guilty James BREAKENRIDGE & Samuel WRIGHT James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire, and Samuel WRIGHT Esquire, entered into recognizance in the sum of five pounds each, with two sureties (Samuel SHERWOOD Esquire, & Levius P. SHERWOOD Esquire) in the sum of two pounds ten shillings each, for the appearance of the said James BREAKENRIDGE and Samuel WRIGHT at the next Sessions ["to try their"? --very smudged ] their Traverse and not depart the Court without leave. Beriah CARPENTER, Cornelius SMITH, Samuel BOOTH, Ephraim LEE, Benjamin McVEAGH and Ezekiel GLAZIER entered into recognizance in the sum of five pounds each to appear at the next Sessions and give evidence against James BREAKENRIDGE & Samuel WRIGHT Esquires. List of Constables for the present year ~ Thomas McCREA Winthrop TUFTS Ziba M. PHILIPS } River Rideau David S [L?] STAFFORD } Yonge William ROBISON Cornelius SMITH John BARNS Joseph WOOLLEY [sic] Jerrard [sic] SWEET } Lansdown Henry BOLTON } Elizabethtown Stephen BALDWIN Clark NICHOLS } Bastard Isaac BOOTH Daniel LEVINGSTON }Kitley [continues next page] Page 250 Roswell EVERTS } Augusta James FROOM Junr }Edwardsburgh John POTTIER Eliakine [sic] WHITNEY James MAIN } South GOWER Heman LANDON of Augusta High Constable. Surveyors of Roads Joel STONE } Leeds & Lansdown Samuel SHERWOOD } Augusta Truman HICOK Heman LANDON Ira SCHOFIELD } Bastard Andrew ADAMS } Edwardsburgh Jeremiah DAY Joel ADAMS Randy McDONELL } Yonge Gideon ADAMS } South Gower Jeremiah WING James BREAKENRIDGE } Elizabethtown Daniel BURRITT } River Rideau Levius P. SHERWOOD Asahel HURD � Allowed Jonathan M. CHURCH the sum of two pounds five shillings Currency to paid out of the Treasury for arresting John B. BENTLEY travelling etc. � Allowed Stephen BALDWIN the sum of one pound five shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for serving subpoena on Reuben BURRITT. � Ordered that the Treasurer do pay the sum of fifty pounds Currency to Charles JONES Esquire for the purpose of being expended on the bridge over Daniel JONES' Mill [sic] pond in the first concession of Augusta. � Ordered that the Treasurer do pay in to the hands of Stephen WASHBURN Esquire the sum of twenty five pounds Currency for the purpose of being expended on the road in the rear [sic] of Yonge from Asa BENJAMIN's to the Township of Lansdown. AO 699 Johnstown from page 251 on to "finis" page 442 Page 251 Ordered that the Treasurer do pay William FRASER Esquire Sheriff of the District of Johnstown, the sum of twenty five pounds lawful money of Upper Canada per annum, to commence from the last February Sessions as a salary for summoning the Grand Juries for the Sessions and Assizes in each year; which said salary shall be paid quarterly. The King vs } Discharged from his recognizance. William MORRISON The King vs } Presentment for fencing up the common Highway. Reuben MOTT The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery. Guilty Stephen CROMWELL The Defendant being arraigned pleads Guilty--and the Court set his fine at one shilling which he paid to the Sheriff. Allowed Roswell EVERTS the sum of three shillings for serving subpoena on William FRASER, Charles JONES and William JONES. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Hamilton WALKER Clerk of the Peace, the sum of seven pounds Currency in full of an Account this day exhibited by him. The Clerk of the Peace is hereby ordered to deliver to William FRASER Esquire Sheriff, a copy of the Indictment on which he was convicted at the last Sessions for a contempt in discharging and order [sic] of Sessions. Page 253 Samuel MOTT of Elizabethtown, Labourer [sic], because he came not now here to try his traverse upon the indictment to which he pleaded not Guilty at the General Quarter Sessions holden at Elizabethtown the nineteenth day of February last, as by a certain recognizance taken at the same Session [sic] he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of Forty [sic] pounds. Elias PECK yeoman, one of the pledges of the said Samuel MOTT, because he had him not to answer as above, he has forfeited the sum of twenty pounds. Nathan BROWN yeoman, the other of the pledges of the said Samuel MOTT for the like, he has forfeited the sum of twenty pounds. Henry RENAU late of Edwardsburgh, labourer [sic], because he came not now here to give evidence on the behalf of Our said Lord the King against William MORRISON in a case of Assault and Battery, as by a certain recognizance taken at the General Quarter Sessions holden at Elizabethtown in and for the said district [sic] on Tuesday the nineteenth day of February last, he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of ten pounds. H.WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 253 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Elizabethtown District of Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the thirteenth day of August in the fifty-first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender [sic] of the faith, before Joel STONE, James BREAKENRIDGE, Thomas SHERWOOD, Daniel BURRITT, Samuel WRIGHT & Solomon JONES Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said District, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said district [sic] committed. The Commission opened and read. } Jas. BREAKENRIDGE The Sheriff returned the Precept. Esqr Chairman Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Benoni WILTSIE Foreman 1. Isaiah KEELER 11. Nathl BROWN 2. Benjamin R. MUNSIL [sic] 12. Joseph WILTSIE 3. Zenas ORTON 13. Willard C. CONKEY 4. Nathan BROWN 14. Milton PEMBER 6. John WICKUM 15. Benjm BROWN Junr 7. James WILTSIE 16. Daniel PHELPS 8. David S. STEEL 17. George CORNELL 9. Andrew TEED 18. Ezra BENEDICT 10. John WILTSIE 19. Benoni WILTSIE Page 254 The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Isaac KING Jacob KING & William KING The Jury find the Defendants Isaac KING, Jacob KING and William KING Guilty--And it is considered by the Court here that the said defendants [sic] do pay a fine of one pound three shillings each, which they paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King vs } Discharged from his recognizance. Daniel MIXTER [sic] The King vs } Grand Jury find No Bill. Curtis ADAMS Joel ADAMS & John ANDERSON at the prosecution of Nancy McILMOYL. The King vs } Grand Jury find No Bill. Curtis ADAMS Joel ADAMS & John ANDERSON at the prosecution of Thomas McILMOYL. Page 255 The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Uri SCOVIL Thomas SHERWOOD } Esquires{ Philip PHILIPS Daniel BURRITT Solomon JONES The King } Indictment } A Petit Jury called vs Assault & Battery & sworn as follows Levi SOPER 1. Daniel STEVENS 7. William KELSEY 2. Ezra BROWN 8. Charles TEEL [sic] 3. David MANHART Junr 9. Ephraim LINDZIE [sic] 3. Abel WING 10. Gamaliel TUTTLE 5. Jesse HOW 11. Jeremiah TEED 6. James WILTSIE Junr 12. James LEVINGSTON The Jury find the defendant [sic] Levi SOPER Not Guilty. Ordered, That [sic] Samuel SHERWOOD Surveyor of Roads be authorized to employ a land Surveyor [sic] on two roads in the fourth and fifth concession of Augusta. Elisha ANDERSON entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (William FRASER Esquire, Sheriff and Mathew HOWARD) in the sum of five pounds each as Innkeeper. Page 256 The King } Indictment } A Petit Jury called vs Blasphemy & sworn as follows Billa FLINT 1. Joseph PENOCK [sic] 7. William FLACK 2. Solomon CHURCHIL [sic] 8. Daniel WING 3. John KETCHUM 9. Daniel BROWN 4. John CLOSSON 10. Nathl BROWN Jur 5. William HOWLAND 11. Abraham COON Jr [This scribe's writing of "Jr." varies. MCB] 6. Solomon WILTSIE 12. Peter CLOW The Jury find the defendant [sic] Billa FLINT Not Guilty. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery not Guilty Thomas McILMOYL & Nancy McILMOYL Thomas McILMOYL of Edwardsburgh Yeoman, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (James MAIN & Joseph McCARGAR of South Gower Yeomen) in the sum of five pounds each for the appearance of the said Thomas McILMOYL and Nancy his wife at the next General Quarter Sessions to be holden in and for the said district, to try their traverse upon the Indictment to which they have now pleaded not Guilty- and not depart the Court without leave. The King } Indictment } A Petit Jury called vs Assault & Battery & sworn as follows Samuel STEVENS 1. Abrahan COON Junr 7. Jesse HOW 2. Peter CLOW 8. James WILTSIE 3. John DAVIDS 9. William WILTSIE 4. Ezra BROWN 10. Charles TEEL 5. David MANHART Jr 11. Gamaliel TUTTLE 6. Abel WING 12. Jeremiah TEED Page 257 The Jury find the Defendant Guilty. And it is considered by the Court here that the said Samuel STEVENS do pay a fine of twenty shillings which he paid to the Sheriff. John G. BORDEN of Elizabethtown, Blacksmith, entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds with two sureties (Benjamin MCVEAGH & Ebenezer SMITH of Elizabethtown, Yeomen) in the sum of five pounds each for the appearance of the said John G. BORDEN at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer holden on and for said district. Barnet CARR of Elizabethtown Labourer [sic], entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds, with two sureties (Benjamin McVEAGH and Jonathan M. CHURCH of Elizabethtown, Yeomen) in the sum of ten pounds each for the appearance of the said Barnet CARR at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer. The Court is adjourned until Tomorrow [sic] morning at ten of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE Stephen WASHBURN Joel STONE } Esquires { Uri SCOVIL Solomon JONES Samuel WRIGHT The King vsLevi SOPER Isaac SOPER Stephen ELLIS David COLEMAN } Indictment Riot & Assault} A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows Page 258 1. James LEVINGSTON 7. Niel [sic] PALMER 2. Bethuel D.WOLF [sic] 8. Daniel STEVENS 3. Solomon WILTSIE 9. Abel WING 4. William SLACK 10. Jesse HOW 5. Daniel WING 11. Charles TEEL 6. John DAVIDS [sic] 12. Ephraim LINDZEY [sic] The Jury find the Defendants Levi SOPER, Isaac SOPER, Stephen ELLIS and David COLEMAN Guilty of the Offence whereof they are Indicted. And it is considered by the Court now here that the said Levi SOPER do pay a fine of five pounds fifteen shillings, the said David COLEMAN do pay a fine of two pounds ten shillings; the said Stephen ELLIS do pay a fine of five pounds and that they severally stand committed until their respective fines are paid. The King } Discharged from his recognizance. vs Joseph McCARGAR The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Bethuel D. WOLF A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Jeremiah TEED 7. Solomon WILTSIE 2. James LEVINGSTON 8. David WING 3. Solomon CHURCHIL 9. Abraham COON Jr 4.Anan [sic] WARNER 10. Peter CLOW 5. John CLOSSON 11. John DAVIDS 6. William HOWLAND 12. John KETCHUM Jr The Jury find the Defendant Bethuel D. WOLF Guilty of the Assault and Battery whereof he is Indicted- And it is considered by the Court here that the said Defendant do pay a fine of twenty shillings. Page 259 The King } Indictment } Bench Warrant issued. vs Nuisance David HUTCHINSON � Allowed Ziba M. PHILIPS the sum of three pounds ten shillings and eight pence for serving notices of appointment on the Constables-and the sum of fifteen shillings for arresting William HOLMES to be paid out of the Treasury. � Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Mr Chas. JONES the sum of two hundred and seventy seven pounds fourteen shillings and seven pence Currency for repairs to the Court-House [sic] and Gaol. � Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Hamilton WALKER Clerk of the Peace the sum of thirty pounds nineteen shillings and three pence Currency in full of an Account this day exhibited by him. � Allowed Ira SCHOFIELD Surveyor of Roads the sum of one pound two shillings and six pence for three days attendance in viewing roads. � Ordered that the sum of twenty seven pounds four shillings and seven pence be paid to Messrs JONES & SCHOFIELD out of the Treasury for money by them expended on a Bridge in Bastard, after all other demands now due [by the? ..scribbled, blurred text.] Treasury are paid. Mr. Charles JONES is requested to cause to be jointed and grooved in a proper manner the floor of the Court Room, also to cause the windows or appartures [sic] of the dome to be glazed or boarded and painted in the form and appearance of Sashes & Glass & cause the whole of the dome to be properly painted also to cause the Court House in [continues] Page 260 in General [sic] to be Glazed [sic] as far as convenient- to be paid out of the District monies. Hubbard JOHNSON of South Gower because he came not now here to prosecute Joseph McCARGAR for assault and battery [no caps], as by a certain recognizance taken before Gideon ADAMS Esquire, one of the Justices of Our said Lord the King he undertook, he has forfeited the sum of ten pounds. Hamilton WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 261 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Elizabethtown District of Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the twelfth day of November in the fifty second [sic] year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith, before Joel STONE, James BREAKENRIDGE, Henry BOGART and Stephen BURRITT Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said District, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said district [sic] committed. Commission opened and read. } Joel STONE Esqr The Sheriff returned the Precept. Chairman The Grand Jury called & sworn as follows Jeremiah DAY chosen foreman [sic] 1. Richard DAY 10. Jonathan STEVENS 2. Joseph MERRIMAN 11. William PHELPS 3. Jabez EATON 12. Jeremiah DAY 4. John SWEET 13. Benedict McCOLLUM 5. Levi HODGKISS [sic] 14. John WOODS [sic] 6. John STRUTHERS 15. Joshua ADAMS 7. Peter BERSEE [sic] 16. Isaac CHIPMAN 8. Jehial [sic] SMITH 17. Azra JUDD 9. Henry SMITH 18. Amherst ALFORD [sic] The King } The Jury find No Bill. vs Nathan McVEAGH The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. Page 262 The King } Indictment } A Jury [sic] called and vs For a Riot & assault sworn as follows Andrew TEED 1. Case [sic] BROWN 7. Joseph BATCHELOR 2. Elias TRYON [sic] 8. Henry STEVENS 3. Allen [sic] SWEET 9. James BYINGTON 4. Joseph CHURCHIL[sic] 10. Elias CHAMBERLIN 5. Isaac STEVENS 11. Charles FRENCH 6. Daniel TERRY [FERRY?] 12. Elijah CHAMBERLIN The Jury find the Defendant Andrew TEED Not Guilty. Oliver GLEAN [sic] of Elizabethtown Innkeeper entered into Recognizance [sic] in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Philip MOSHER of Augusta and James HYDE of Elizabethtown) in the sum of five pounds each, as Innkeeper for one year from the fifth day of January last. The King } Indictment } A Jury called and vs Assault & Battery sworn as follows Thos. McILMOYL et al. 1. Edmond ORAGAN 7. Peter BERSEE Jur 2. Jeremiah BIRDSELL [sic] 8. Nicholas BERSEE 3. Lemuel CORNELL 9. Nathan MATTISON 4. Daniel TALLMAN [sic] 10. Jesse BROWN 5. Benjamin SLACK 11. Benjamin HUNTLEY 6. Thomas HENDERSON 12. Robert PALMER [No indication of what the Jury decided in this case or adjournment here. MCB] The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Truman HICOK James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires{ Solomon JONES Stephen BURRITT [blank] Page 263 The Jury find the defendant [sic] Thomas McILMOYL Guilty- And it is considered by the Court that the said defendant do pay a fine of five shillings, which he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment }Plea vs Nuisance Not Guilty David HUTCHINSON A Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Case BROWN 7. Joseph BATCHELOR 2. Elias TRYON 8. Henry STEVENS 3. Allen SWEET 9. James BYINGTON 4. Joseph CHURCHILL [sic] 10. Elias CHAMBERLIN 5. Isaac STEVENS 11. Charles FRENCH 6. Daniel TERRY [FERRY?] 12. Elijah CHAMBERLIN The Jury find the defendant Not Guilty. The King } Indictment }Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Ira MARSHALL A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1.Edmund ORAGAN 7. Thomas HENDERSON 2. Jeremiah BERDSELL [sic] 8. Allen SWEET 3. Lemuel CORNELL 9. Peter BERSEE Junr 4. Elias TRYON 10. Nicholas BERSEE 5. Benjamin SLACK 11. Silas SMITH 6. Robert PALMER 12. Sheldon NICHOLS The Jury find the Defendant [sic] Not Guilty. The King } The Grand Jury find No Bill. vs Abraham BRASS [sic] Page 264 The King } Indictment }Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Abel FENNAL [sic] A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Elis [sic] CHAMBERLIN 7. Lemuel CORNELL 2. Charles FRENCH 8. Daniel TALLMAN 3. Jesse BROWN 9. Case BROWN 4. Benjamin HUNTLEY 10. Elias TRYON 5. Edmund ORAGAN 11. Benjamin SLACK 6. Jeremiah BIRDSELL [sic] 12. Robert PALMER The Jury find the defendant Abel FENNAL Guilty. And it is considered by the Court, That [sic] the said Abel FENNAL [sic] do pay a fine [of] forty shillings, and costs & stand committed until the same is paid, which he paid to the Sheriff. The King } Indictment }Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Cutis ADAMS A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Thomas HENDERSON 7. Daniel FERRY [very plainly an "F" here, not "T"] 2. Allen SWEET 8. Nathan MATTISON 3. Joseph CHURCHILL 9. Joseph BATCHELOR 4. Isaac STEVENS 10. Henry STEVENS 5. Peter BERSEE Junr 11. James BYINGTON 6. Nicholas BERSEE 12. Silas SMITH The Jury find the Defendant [sic] Curtis ADAMS Not Guilty. The King } Indictment }Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Billa FLINT Billa FLINT entered into recognizance in the sum of ten pounds, with two sureties (Abraham DAYTON and Trulove BUTLER) in the sum of five pounds each, for the appearance of the said Billa FLINT at the next Quarter Sessions in said district & there try his traverse upon the Indictment to which he now pleaded not Guilty and not depart the Court without leave. Page 265 The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment Present Joel STONE } Esquires { James BREAKENRIDGE The King } Indictment }Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Thomas SMYTH & Terence SMYTH Thomas SMYTH Esquire and Terence SMYTH entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds each, with two sureties (Eleazer FAIRCHILD and Elias TRYON) in the sum of ten pounds each for the appearance of the said Thos SMYTH and Terence SMYTH at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden in & for the said district & there and then to try their Traverse upon the Indictment to which they have now pleaded not Guilty and not to depart the Court without leave. The King } Wallis SUNDERLIN entered into recognizance vs in the sum of forty pounds, with two Wallis SUNDERLIN sureties (Billa FLINT and John STRUTHERS) in the sum of twenty pounds each, for the appearance of the said Wallis SUNDERLIN at the next Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for said district in the meantime, to keep the Peace towards all His Majesty's Subjects [sic] and more especially towards Josiah RATHBUN [sic]. Allowed the sum of fifteen shillings Currency to Winthrop TUFTS to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given. MCB] Page 266 � Allowed David D. STAFFORD the sum of seven shillings and six pence for arresting Andrew TEED and travelling to make the arrest - And also the sum of Seven [sic] shillings and six pence for arresting David HUTCHINSON & Travelling fees ~ making the whole the sum of ten shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. � Allowed Jared SWEET the sum of one pound three shillings to be paid out of the Treasury for serving subpoena on Witnesses against Wallis SUNDERLIN and Timothy SUNDERLIN in a case of felony. The Clerk of the Peace is hereby ordered to summon Joseph PALMER and Lynes [sic] HUDSON of Yonge to appear at the next Sessions to shew cause why they should not be fined for not attending this Sessions as Petit Jurors. � Allowed William GRAVES Surveyor of Lands the sum of eight pounds currency [sic] to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an account [sic] by him exhibited for laying out and surveying Roads [sic] in the Townships of Elizabethtown & Yonge under the direction of Levius P. SHERWOOD Esqr & Randy McDANIEL Surveyors of Roads. � Allowed Levius P. SHERWOOD Esqr the sum of two pounds twelve shillings & six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for seven days attendance as Surveyor of Roads. Page 267 � Allowed Randy McDaniel the sum of eight pounds thirteen shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an Account by him exhibited for services done as Surveyor of Roads. � Allowed J. KILBORN Surveyor of Lands the sum of four pounds Currency to be paid out of the treasury in full of two accounts [sic] by him exhibited for laying out and surveying two roads in Augusta under the direction of Samuel SHERWOOD Esquire Surveyor of Roads. The Court is adjourned until the first Tuesday in January next. The Court did not meet pursuant to adjournment. H. WALKER Clk of the Peace. Page 268 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Elizabethtown District of Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the eighteenth day of February in the fifty second [sic] year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith, before James BREAKENRIDGE, Joel STONE, Solomon JONES and Truman HICOK Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said district [sic], and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened and read. } Jas BREAKENRIDGE The Sheriff returned the Precept. Esqr chosen Chairman The Grand Jury called & sworn as follows David DIXSON [sic] Foreman 1. Richard OLMSTEAD 11. William DAVIES Junr 2. Benjamin BARBER 12. Seth CORNELL 3. Jeremiah ROBISON 13. Edward SOPER 4. Joel PUTMAN 14. David DIXSON 5. William MAR [*see note] 15. Isaac IRELAND 6. Cooley [sic] WELLER 16. Henry K. MARSH 7. John CHESTER 17. Philip SHOOK 8. Barnabas NETTLETON 18. Duncan LEVINGSTON 9. James LAKE 19. John WOOD [sic] 10. Abraham LAKE *[The "MAR" name has a little squiggle at the end which looks more than the usual trailer & very much as if intended to be either an "s" or another "r". MCB] The King } Indictment } A Petit Jury vs Assault & battery called and sworn Billa FLINT Page 269 1. Ephraim KOYL Junr 7. Asaph [sic] PUTMAN 2. Jonathan MOTT 8. Ephraim TELMAN [TOLMAN?] 3. Horas [sic] TUPPER 9. William HENDERSON 4. Oliver CHURCH 10. Elisha COLLER 5. Abiel TOLMAN [sic] 11. Roswell NETTLETON 6. Benjamin NICHOLS 12. Robert NORTON The Jury find the Defendant Billa FLINT Guilty - And it is considered by the Court that the said Billa FLINT do pay a fine of thirty pounds & the costs & stand committed until the same is paid. The fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & battery Guilty James SEYMOUR And it is considered by the Court that the said James SEYMOUR do pay a fine of one shilling & the costs,- The fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment } Recognizance respited vs Assault & battery until next Sessions. Ira BILLINGS The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & battery Not Guilty Ziba M. PHILIPS A Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Heborn [sic] HARRIS 7. John BUTTERFIELD 2. Wing WALKER 8. Jonathan LYMAN 3. James McCREA 9. Ephraim KOYL Junr 4. Edward McCREA 10. Joseph WAGER [sic] 5. Alexander McCREA 11. Jonathan MOTT 6. Obadiah WELLER 12. Horace [sic] TUPPER The Jury find the Defendant Ziba M. PHILIPS Guilty - And it is considered by the Court that the said defendant [sic] do pay a fine of five shillings & the costs - and stand committed until the same are paid~ The fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. Page 270 The King } Indictment } Plea vs Seditious words Not Guilty Samuel BIGFORD A Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Oliver CHURCH 7. Robert NORTON 2. Abiel TELMAN [sic] 8. Alexander McCREA 3. Asaph PUTMAN 9. Heborn HARRIS 4. William HENDERSON 10. Edward McCREA 5. Elisha COLLER 11. James McCREA 6. Roswell NETTLETON 12. David BREAKENRIDGE Jur The Jury find the Prisoner Guilty of the offence charged in the Indictment - And it is considered by the Court that the said Samuel BIGFORD be immediately put in the stocks for one quarter of an hour, and then remanded to prison until tomorrow morning at eleven O lock [sic] & then again put in the stocks for one quarter of an hour. Wallis SUNDERLIN of Elizabethtown entered into recognizance in the sum of twenty pounds with two sureties (Levius P. SHERWOOD and Philip PHILIPS Esquires) in the sum of ten pounds each upon condition that the said Wallis SUNDERLIN do appear at the next General Quarter Sessions of the peace to be holden in said District [sic], and in the mean time [sic] keep the Peace towards all his [sic] Majesty's liege subjects and especially towards Josiah RATHBUN then this recognizance to be void. � Allowed Daniel BURRITT Junior the sum of one pound seventeen shillings and six pence to be paid out of the Treasury for five days services as Surveyor of Roads. The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight of the Clock. Page 271 The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE Danl BURRITT Benjamin LYMAN } Esquires{ Henry BOGART Stephen WASHBURN [blank] The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & battery Not Guilty Cruth [sic] PATTERSON Cruth PATTERSON bound in recognizance in �10. -[sic] & Closson EYERS [sic] & Abel FULFORD each in �5- for the appearance of the said Cruth PATTERSON at the next sessions [sic] to try his traverse. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery [sic] Not Guilty Thomas SHERWOOD Esqr A Jury called and sworn as follows 1. Obadiah WELLER 7. Jonathan MOTT 2. John BUTTERFIELD 8. William KOYL 3. William McINTIRE 9. Oliver CHURCH 4. George PRATT 10. Abiel TOLMAN 5. Ephraim KOYL Junr 11. Benjamin NICHOLS 6. Joseph WAGER 12. Asaph PUTMAN The Jury find the defendant [sic] Not Guilty. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Trespass & assault Not Guilty Samuel DAY The Defendant was arraigned - pleaded Not Guilty - left the Court to find sureties for his appearance at the next Sessions, but did not return. [Writing faded but clear. MCB] The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & battery Not Guilty Hiram SPAFFORD [sic] Page 272 Hiram SPAFFORD bound in �10 } For the appearance of the said & Adiel SHERWOOD & Jonathan FULFORD Jur each in �5. Hiram SPAFFORD at the next Sessions to try his traverse. Thomas SMYTH and Henry BOGART Esquires bound in �10 each to appear at the next Sessions & give evidence against the said Hiram SPAFFORD. The King } Indictment } A Jury called vs Assault & battery and sworn as follows Thomas SMYTH Esqr & Terence SMYTH 1. Ephraim TOLMAN 7. William KOYL 2. William HENDERSON 8. Joseph WAGER 3. James McCREA 9. Horace TUPPER 4. David BREAKENRIDGE Jur 10 Oliver CHURCH 5. George PRALL [PRATT?]* 11. Abiel TOLMAN 6. Jonathan LYMAN 12. Asaph PUTMAN [* Letters are straight lines that look as if they ought to have been crossed as "t"s, since "Prall" has not yet appeared but a George PRATT sat on the previous Jury. MCB] The Jury find the said defendants [sic] Thomas Smyth Esquire and Terence Smyth Guilty of the assault and battery as charged in the Indictment. And it is considered by the Court that the said Thomas Smyth do pay a fine of five shillings and that the said Terence Smyth do pay a fine of two pounds and the costs & to stand committed until their respective fines are paid together with the costs - The fines paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Presentment } Bench warrant issued to apprehend the said Billa FLINT vs False swearing and on his being brought before the Court was discharged. Billa FLINT � Allowed the sum of two pounds Currency to be paid to Levius P. SHERWOOD Esquire out of the Treasury for [blank �sentence ends and does not continue. MCB] Page 273 � Allowed Isaac BOOTH Constable the sum of ten shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for arresting Abraham BRASS [sic] & travelling to make the arrest. � Allowed Mr Heman LANDON the sum of one pound two shillings & six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads. � Allowed Oliver EVERTS Esquire the sum of three pounds four shillings Currency to be paid out of the treasury for services done by him as Coroner. � Allowed James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire the sum of one pound ten shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads. � Allowed Robert McLEAN the sum of two pounds Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for four days services as Surveyor of Lands in laying out roads. � Allowed James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire the sum of one pound seventeen shillings & six pence to be paid out of the Treasury for five days services as Surveyor of Roads. � Allowed Truman HICOK Esquire & Levi SOPER the sum of one pound ten shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services by them done as Surveyor[s] of roads [sic]. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten of the Clock. Page 274 The Court met pursuant to adjournment Present James BREAKENRIDGE Henry BOGART Joel STONE } Esquires{Solomon JONES Truman HICOK Daniel JONES The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Rice HONEYWELL A Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Ephraim TOLMAN 7. Heborn HARRIS 2. William HENDERSON 8. Edward McCREA 3. Elish [sic] COLLER 9. James McCREA 4. Roswell NETTLETON 10 David BREAKENRIDGE Jur 5. Robert NORTON 11. George PRATT 6. Alexander McCREA 12. Jonathan LYMAN The Jury find the defendant [sic] Rice HONEYWELL Guilty of the assault and battery as charged in the Indictment - And it is considered by the Court that the said defendant do pay a fine of five pounds and stand committed until the said fine and costs are paid. The King } Indictment on a } Plea vs presentment for extortion Not Guilty John POTTER John POTTER bound in �10 & Rice HONEYWELL & Jonathan M. CHURCH each in �5 for the appearance of the said John POTTER at the next Sessions to try his traverse. The King } Indictment } [Plea blank] vs Riot & assault Gideon VANARNAM [sic] & David D. JONES et al Gideon VANARNAM bound in �50 & John JONES and David LAKINS each in �25 [sic] for the appearance of Gideon VANARNAM at the next Sessions to try his traverse. John McGRAW in �10 to prosecute. Page 275 The Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten of the Clock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment Present James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires{ Solomon JONES Joel STONE [blank] The King } Indictment on a } Bench warrant vs presentment for a issued Cumfort [sic] WILTSIE forcible entry- Thomas DOUGLAS bound in �10 to prosecute. The King } Indictment on a } Bench warrant vs presentment for an issued Elkana BILLINGS assault & battery- Solomon SOPER bound in �10 to prosecute. The King } Presentment for } Bench warrant vs Perjury ~ issued Billa FLINT The King } Indictment on a } Plea vs presentment for Not Guilty Stephen WILLCOX seditious words - The defendant [sic] being called upon his trail, says that he wishes to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty & confess the Indictment & put himself upon the mercy of the Court --The Court allow [sic] him to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty and confess the Charge laid in the Indictment ~ And it is considered by the Court that the said Stephen WILLCOX do pay a fine of one shilling and the costs, and to be committed until the fine and costs are paid -- the fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. Page 276 � Allowed John POTTER the sum of nine shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for serving a subpoena on Michael COOK to give evidence against H. BLAKE. � Allowed Jonathan M. CHURCH the sum of seven shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for attending Jury by order of the Court. � Allowed Samuel MUNRO, John MUNRO & Abel FULFORD the sum of two pounds two shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an Account by them exhibited. [For what service? Not given. MCB] � Allowed Elasah [sic] ATKINS the sum of two pounds eight shillings and three pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an Account for furnishing candles for the Court, repairing Stove pipes, providing tubs for the Cells & boarding one prisoner 4 [sic] days. � Allowed Elasah [sic] ATKINS the sum of nine pounds twelve shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an Account for boarding prisoners, for work and labour [sic] in diging [sic] a well & providing a bucket for the same. The Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay Hamilton WALKER Clerk of the Peac e the sum of eighteen pounds two shillings Currency in full of an Account by him exhibited for services done as Clerk of the Peace. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten of the Clock. Page 277 The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires{ Daniel JONES Henry BOGART [blank] � Allowed Levius P. SHERWOOD Esquire the sum of four pounds seventeen shillings and six pence to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads in making three reports which were returned at the August Sessions. � Allowed James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire the sum of three pounds seven shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads in making two reports which were returned at the August Sessions. � Allowed Joel STONE Esquire the sum of two pounds five shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads in making a report, which was returned at the August Sessions. � Allowed Eliakim WHITNEY the sum of sixteen shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for summoning the Coroners [sic] Inquest. � Allowed Stephen RICHARDS the sum of fourteen pounds eight shillings & seven pence half penny Currency being the amount of His [sic] account for Blacksmith [sic] work for the Cells in the Gaol. Page 278 Whereas Joel STONE Esquire has agreed to build the bridges and causeways in the front in the upper part of Leeds and completed the same by the first day of July next, subject to be inspected by a Committee which shall be appointed by the Justices in Quarter Sessions - and within eighteen months after the said bridges and causeways shall be completed he shall receive from the Treasurer of this district [sic] the sum of fifty pounds. It is hereby ordered that an Order made in favor of Charles JONES Esquire at the last November Sessions allowing him thirty seven pounds out of the first money to come into his hands as Treasurer for repairs to be made to the Court House be rescinded as the said repairs have not been done. Page 279 [blank] Page 280 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace holden at Elizabethtown District of Johnstown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the nineteenth day of May in the fifty second [sic] year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, defender of the faith, before Joel STONE, Philip PHILIPS, Benjamin LYMAN and Stephen BURRITT Esquires, and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the said District, and also to hear & [sic] determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the said district committed. Commission opened and read } Joel STONE Esqr Sheriff returned the Precept chosen Chairman Grand Jury called and sworn as follows Henry BOLTON [sic] Foreman 1. John BURK 12. Mathw MAIN [MAINS?] 2. John SNYDER 13. James FROOM 4. Joseph BROWN 14. Henry BOLTON 5. Eleazar AMES 15. Joseph FALKNER [sic] 6. Henry VANBURY 16. George TUCKER 7. William BEECH [sic] 17. Daley SILLICK [sic] 8. Lyman CLOTHER [sic] 18. John SCOTT 9. Phineas PELTON 19. Curtis ADAMS 10. Joab WOOD 20. Stephen NETTLETON 11. Denis [sic] BARTON 21. Augustus BOYD Page 281 The King vsJohn POTTER } Indictment Extortion } [Plea blank] A Petit Jury called & sworn 1. David SPENCER 2. Thomas WHITMARSH [?] 3. Peter JACKSON 4. John SILLICK [sic] 5.Peter QUACKENBUSH 6. John LUKE [sic] Junr 7.Hezekiah BROWN 8. Jacob BONASTEEL [sic] 9. Jonathan WOOD 10. Zara [sic] CRAWFORD 11. Nathl LEONARD 12. Mathw BOYCE [Note: #2 surname is blurred with letters after "Whit�" cramped. This is best guess. MCB] The Jury find the Defendant Guilty, and [it is] considered by the Court that the said defendant pay a fine of six pence. The King } Deft. Discharged from his recognizance. vs John HOWARD The King } reman[e?]t [word definitely ends with a "t". MCB] vs Gidn. VANARNAM David D. JONES et al The King } James HEWITT entered into recognizance vs in the sum of �10 [sic] with two sureties James HEWITT (Benjamin McVEAGH & Coorad [sic] PETERSON) in the sum of �5 each for the appearance of the said James HEWIT [sic] at the next Sessions. The King } The Jury find no bill. vs Henry BOLTON Page 282 The King } Recognizance respited. vs Ira BILLINGS The Treasurer of the District is hereby ordered to pay the sum of thirty-two [sic - hyphenated] pounds ten shillings out of the money that may come into his hands under & by virtue of any Act of the Provincial Parliament to Stephen BURRITT Esquire for sixty days attendance as Representative of the County of Grenville at the fourth Session of the fifth Provincial Parliament. The King } Indictment } [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Elkana BILLINGS [A Petit Jury called, but not so noted in original. MCB] 1. Thomas McILMOYL 7. John KILBREATH [sic] 2. John ANDERSON 8. Alexr CAMPBELL 3. Duncan CAMERON 9. Miles BUCK 4. James HUMPHRY [sic] 10. Jacob KING 5. Gideon ADAMS 11. Humphry [sic] BARDEN [sic] 6. Ephraim CURRY 12. Elkany ANDREWS The Jury find the Deft Not Guilty. � Allowed Roswell EVERTS Constable, the sum of ten shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for summoning the Coroners Inquest. � Allowed Oliver EVERTS Esquire Coroner, the sum of two pounds twelve shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for holding an Inquest of [sic] the body of Silas DUEL at Johnstown. Page 283 The Court is adjourned until Tomorrow [sic] morning at nine OClock[sic]. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE } Esquires{ Stephen BURRITT The King } Indictment } [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Cruth [sic] PATTERSON A Petit Jury called & sworn. 1. David SPENCER 7. Hezekiah BROWN 2. Thomas WHITMASH [sic] 8. Jacob BONASTEEL [sic] 3. Peter Quackenbush 9. Jonathan WOOD 4. Peter JACKSON 10. Zara [sic] CRAWFORD 5. John SILLICK 11. Nathl LEONARD 6. John LUKE Jr [sic] 12. Mathw BOYCE The Jury find the defendant [sic] Not Guilty. The King } Indictment } [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Andrew LIDDLE A Petit Jury called & sworn 1. Thomas McILMOYL 7. John KILBREATH 2. John ANDERSON 8. Alexr CAMPBELL 3. Duncan CAMERON 9. Miles BUCK 4. James HUMPHRY 10. Jacob KING 5. Gideon ADAMS 11. Humphry BARDEN 6. Ephraim CURRY 12. David SPENCER The Jury find the Defendant [sic] Not Guilty. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Guilty Hiram SPAFFORD Page 284 [Decision made without Jury, apparently, as there is indication or mention of one. MCB] It is considered by the Court that the said Defendant Hiram SPAFFORD do pay a fine of two shillings & six pence. The King } Isaac IRELAND entered into recognizance vs in the sum of �20 with two sureties (Solomon SOPER Isaac IRELAND & Lemuel CASWELL) in the sum of �10 each for the appearance of the said Isaac IRELAND at the next Sessions. The King } Indictment } Plea vs [blank] Guilty Guy C. BURNHAM The Court order the defendant [sic] to pay a fine of six pence. The King } Deft discharged from his recognizance. vs Wallis [sic] SUNDERLIN The King } Jury find no bill. vs Thomas FITZGERALD � Allowed the sum of three pounds one shilling & eight pence to Elasha [sic] ATKINS to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given. MCB] � Allowed Henry BOLTON Constable the sum of seventeen shillings Currency to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given. MCB] � Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler the sum of nine pounds & thirteen shillings 10 pence to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given. MCB] Page 285 The Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay Peter HOWARD Esquire the sum of thirty one [sic] pounds ten shillings Currency for sixty three days attendance at the fourth Session of the fifth Provincial Parliament as Representative of the County of Leeds. David HUTCHINSON of Yonge appointed Pathmaster in stead [sic] of Ephraim RUNNOLDS [sic] who was appointed in his absence by the Town Meeting, RUNNOLDS not being liable [sic] to serve for the year 1812. James MARSHALL of Kitley appointed Pathmaster in stead [sic] of Daniel TALMAN who has moved out of the District. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at eight OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present Joel STONE Henry BOGART [sic] James BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires { Stephen WASHBURN Thomas SMYTH [blank] The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Thomas FITZGERALD Thomas FITZGERALD entered into recognizance in the sum of �10 with two sureties (Jonathan FULFORD Junr and Abel FULFORD) in the sum of �10 each for the appearance of the said Thomas FITZGERALD at the next Quarter Sessions. Page 286 � Allowed Andrew ADAMS the sum of one pound two shillings and six pence Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads. � Allowed Jonathan M. CHURCH the sum of three pounds seventeen shillings & [sic] six pence to be paid out of the Treasury for keeping the Gaol from the 9th to the 17[sic] March 1812, & for arresting & travelling to arrest Elkana BILLINGS. � Allowed the sum of one pound sixteen shillings to Jeremiah DAY to be paid out of the Treasury for services done by him as Surveyor of Roads. Charles JONES Esqr appointed Treasurer of the District of Johnstown. Charles JONES Esqr entered into recognizance in the sum of �500 with two sureties (Elnathan HUBBEL [sic] & Hamilton WALKER) in �250 each for the due performance of his duty as Treasurer of the District of Johnstown. Ordered that a full rate shall be collected for the present year. Allowed and Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown pay the said Amherst EASTMAN two pounds Currency for the land taken from him for a road. Page 287 Ordered that the Treasurer do pay the Gaoler of the District of Johnstown the sum of Forty [sic] pounds Currency per Annum, which sum is to be paid Quarterly. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Hamilton WALKER Clk [sic] of the Peace the sum of twenty five [sic] pounds Currency per Annum over and above all other fees allowed to him - which sum shall be paid quarterly [sic] and to commence from this Session. [No further reason for raise given. MCB] Allowed Hamilton WALKER Clk of the Peace the sum of eight pounds ten shillings in full of an Account by him exhibited for services done as Clk of the Peace. That Daniel JONES & James BREAKENRIDGE Esquires and Doctor HUBBEL be appointed a Committee to lay out & appropriate two hundred pounds of the District money in repairs of the Court House in Elizabethtown That they the said Committee shall employ workmen, furnish materials, examin[sic] & inspect the work done & make report of their doings for the Quarter Sessions from time to time at their sitting and furthermore that the said two hundred pounds shall be paid to the above named Committee in preference to any other demands excepting the Gaoler & Clerk of the Peace from time to time as they the said Committee shall have authority - and that the said Committee shall have authority to examine into the appropriation of the further sum of thirty seven pounds ten shillings of the said District monies now in the hands of Charles JONES Esqr and that the said Committee or the majority of them do proceed to the execution of the intent of this order forthwith. And that a reasonable compensation be hereafter made by the Sessions to the said Committee. Page 288 List of Constables for the year 1812 Asahel KEYES } Front of Leeds & Lansdown [sic] Avery SMITH Jehiel MITCHEL [sic] } Rear of Leeds & Lansdown [sic] John BARNS [sic] Clark NICHOLS } Bastard William COOPER John DIXON } Kitley Duncan LEVINGSTON Henry BOLTON Joseph WOOLEY [sic] David BOGART Cornelius SMITH [sic] } Elizabethtown Jonathan M. CHURCH Stephen BALDWIN Jonathan M. CHURCH Jr Allan CURTIS Jabez BULLIS William ROBINS } River Rideau Barnabas NETTLETON Roswell EVERTS Saml THOMAS } Augusta John POTTER David SNYDER Wm WINSLOW } Edwardsburgh Chas SPENCER James MAIN Andrew TEED } Yonge Winthrop TUFTS H. WALKER Clk of the Peace Page 289 [Blank] [A different scribe seems at work. Quite different handwriting on these next Sessions' pages. MCB] Page 290 Upper Canada District of Johnstown At the General Quarter Sessions of the peace [sic] of our Lord the King holden at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the tenth day of November in the fifty Third [sic] year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King defender of the faith before Joel STONE, Daniel BURRITT, Charles JONES and Thomas SMYTH Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King assigned to Keep [sic] the peace in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District committed. Before Jas BREAKENRIDGEThomas FRASER Stephen WASHBURN} Esqs { Solomon JONES [blank] [blank] Commission Sheriff returned the Precept } Grand Jury Called & Sworn as follows 1. Rice HONEYWELL 14. Edward BISSELL 2. Emanuel [sic] DAKE 15. Ebenezer SMITH 3. Jonathan WOODCOCK 16. Hugh JOHNS [sic] 4. Lyman DAKE 17. Jacob HUTCHINSON [S?] 5. Thomas MARTIN 18. Robert CLARK 6. Joseph THROOP 19. David STEVENSON 7. Jabiz [sic] HURD 8. William HEWITT 9. Asahel WRIGHT 10. William EARL 11. Amasa WOOD 12. John WHITE 13. Asa WEBSTER Page 291 The King } Elijah FISH of leeds[sic], Labourer [sic] �100 vs Stephen WASHBURN Esquire --------------- 50 Elijah FISH Hezekiah MOSHER------------------------------ 50 For the appearance of the said Elijah FISH at the next Court of Oyer & Terminer & General Gaol delivery to be holden in & for the District of Johnstown. The Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning at ten OClock. The Court met pursuant to adjournment Present Jas BREAKENRIDGE } Esquires { Solomon JONES The King } Indictment { Plea vs Assault & Battery not Guilty Joel PARISH Joel PARISH - in �20 Thomas HOW 10 } to appear at the next Session Anan [sic] WARNER 10 The King } Indictment { Plea vs Assault & Battery not Guilty Jabez ANDREWS Jabez ANDREWS �20 Allen [sic] COOPER 10 } to appear at the next Peter SMITH 10 Quarter Sessions. The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to pay Gideon ADAMS Esqr the sum of twenty one [sic] pounds Currency for Forty [sic] two days attendance at the first Sessions of the sixth Provincial Parliament as Representative of the County of Grenville. The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to pay Levius P. SHERWOOD Esqr the sum of twenty pounds Currency for forty days attendance as Representative of the County of Leeds at the first Sessions of the sixth Provincial Parliament. Page 292 It is ordered that the Gaoler of the District of Johnstown do in future receive no prisoners into his custody without a warrant of Commitl - signed by the Magistrate or Officer under whose authority the Prisoner [sic] shall be sent to the Gaol and the Sheriff of said district is directed to carry this order into execution. Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler the sum of eight pounds seven shillings & sixpence [sic] in full of an Account for the maintenance of Prisoners up to this day. Allowed William WINSLOW the sum of ten shillings to be paid out of the Treasury. [No reason given. MCB] Allowed the sum of two pounds Currency to be paid out of the Treasury to Levius P. SHERWOOD Esqr. [No reason given. MCB] Cornelius SMITH [sic] appointed Path master [sic] in Elizabethtown in lieu of James HIDE [space] And [sic] Robert PALMER in lieu of Capt Barthw WILTSE of Yonge. Allowed Robert McLEAN the sum of four pounds Currency to be paid out of the Treasury for eight days attendance as surveyor [sic] of Lands in laying out Roads [sic]. Page 293 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our Lord the King District of Johnstown holden at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on the 16th [sic] day of February in the fifty third year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King, defender of the faith before James BREAKENRIDGE, Daniel JONES, Thomas SHERWOOD, Stephen WASBURN, and Henry Arnold, Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to Keep [sic] the Peace in the said District and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed [sic]. Commission opened & read Sheriff returned the precept } James BREAKENRIDGE Grand Jury Called & Sworn Esqr Chosen Chairman *Jonathan FULFORD Jur Chosen Foreman 1. Stephen CROMWELL 9. John McINTOSH 2. Caleb CLOSSON 10. Jehoiada [sic] BOYCE 3. Obadiah READ 11. William CLOW 4. Samuel LANDON 12. Vincent BOOTH 5. Prosper DEMMING [sic] 13. David KILBORN 6. Johnathan FULFORD Jur 14. James HALL 7. Nathan DAYTON 15. William BUELL Esqr 8. Jonah BROWN Page 294 [From this page to 312, "defendant" appears to be written as "dependant", but, in the interest of clarity, I continue with "defendant". MCB] The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Joel PARISH A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Henry ELLIOTT 7. Elisha BEECH [sic] 2. Richard COLEMAN 8. Joel PALMER 3. James SHERWOOD 9. Carlton[sic] READ 4. Allen CURTIS 10. Samuel KILBORN 5. Stephen BEECH [sic] 11. Samuel JUDSON 6. William WOOLEY [sic] 12. Obadiah READ Jur The Jury find the defendant [sic] not Guilty. The King } Indictment } [plea blank] vs Trespass & assault Jabez ANDREWS A Jury called & sworn as follows 1. David McCRADY 7. Solomon CONLY [sic] 2. Samuel GRAY 8. Enoch KNOWLTON 3. Increase SMITH 9. Samuel RAYMOND 4. Stephen SMITH 10. Levi TUTTLE 5. Moses ROSE 11. Seth KETCHUM 6. James DUNHAM 12. Lines [sic] FIELD The Jury find the Defendant [sic] Not Guilty. William MORRISON Inn Keeper [sic]--------�10 John KILBREATH [sic]---------------------------- 5 Johnathan M. CHURCH---------------------------- 5 Allowed [El ?]nathan HUBBELL the sum of Twenty nine pounds eleven shillings & five pence in full of an Account by him rendered. [What he had done is not given & first letters of name are smudged. MCB] Allowed Michael CORK [COOK?] the sum of seven pounds eight shillings & nine pence in full of an Account by him rendered. [Again, what he had done in service is not noted. MCB] Page 295 Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Hamilton WALKER Clk. of the Peace the sum of Thirty [sic] five pounds Currency in full of an Account by him rendered for services done as Clk. of the Peace. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay James BREAKENRIDGE Esqr the sum of two pounds twelve shillings & five pence Currency for seven days attendance as Surveyor of Roads. Ordered that the Treasurer do pay Robert McLEAN surveyor of lands the sum of one pound [for] two days attendance in laying out roads. Allowed David STEVENSON the sum of one pound two shillings & six pence in full of an Account by him rendered for for work done to the Court-House [sic]. Allowed Uri STEAL [STEAT? - The first "t"'s cross extends through the top of last letter. MC B] the sum of two pounds ten shillings in full of an Account by him rendered for blacksmith-work. Allowed Henry JONES the sum of thirteen shillings and five pence half penny for sundrills [sic] furnished by him for the Court House [sic]. Allowed J.M. CHURCH the sum of one pound three shillings and eight pence, in full of an Account by him rendered. [Reason for the account not noted. MCB] Page 296 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Our Lord the King District of Johnstown holden at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the 18th [sic] day of May in the fifty third year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King, defender of the faith before Daniel JONES, Truman HICOK, Gideon ADAMS Esquires [space showing an erased line looks like "Commission opened and read] and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to Keep [sic] the Peace in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed. Commission opened & read } Gideon ADAMS The Sheriff returned the Precept Chairman Grand Jury called & sworn as follows Roderick EASTON Toreman [sic] 1. Stephen BEECH [sic] 8. Linas [sic] FIELDS [sic] 2. Andrew LIDDLE 9. John McNISH 3. Stephen CROMWELL 10. Stephen HOWRAD 4. Benjamin Mc [blank] 11. David MANHART [sic] 5. Roderick EASTON 12. John KINCAID 6. Trulove BUTLER 13. Peet SELEY [sic] 7. Aeyer [?] JUDD 14. John McINTOSH James KILBORN Innkeeper �10 For one year Johnathan [sic] McCHERRET[?] 5} the 5th day of Cornelius SMITH 5 Jany Past. Page 297 The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to Pay [sic] Levius P. SHERWOOD Esquire the sum of twenty three pounds ten shillings for forty seven days attendance at the second Sessions of the sixth Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada as Representative of the County of leeds [sic]. The Treasurer of the District of Johnstown is hereby ordered to pay Gideon ADAMS Esquire the sum of Twenty [sic] four pounds ten shillings for forly [sic] nine days attendance at the second Sessions of the sixth Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada as Representative of the County of Grenville. Samuel MUNRO Innkeeper �10 Recognizance for one Thomas PROCTOR-------------------- 5} year [space] 5th January Johnathan [sic] M. CHURCH-------- 5 last. List of Town Officers appointed for the Township of Edwardsburgh for the year 1813. Samuel DULMAGE} Town Clerk Thomas ARMSTRONG} Assessors Peleg SPENCER George W. TUCKER} Collector George H. COBB} Pathmasters John MARLOTT Henry ANDERSON Samuel UMPHREY [sic] Wm FRASER Surveyor List of Town Officers appointed for the Township of Augusta for the year 1813 } Samuel HECK} Town Clerk James KEELER }Assessors Littel[sic] GLASFORD Samuel BROWN} Collector Samuel SMADES Justus MERWIN [?] William PENOCK [sic] Daniel KEELER Amos KNAPP Joel COUCH [sic] Hezekiah MOSHER James DUNHAM} OJames MARTIN } Overseers verseers & Fence Viewers David TELL [FELL?]& Fence Joseph WRIGHT Viewers Job BISHOP William KNAPP Asa WEBSTER Page 298 William WELLS John BARTON William EARL } Pound Keepers Oliver EVERTS Elijah BOTTOM} Town & Church wardans [sic] Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler the sum of six pounds ten shillings Currency for maintenance of Prisoners - To be paid out to the Treasury. List of Contables [sic] for the District of Johnstown for the year 1813. Stephen BALDWIN Abel KILBORN Cornelius SMITH } Elizabethtown Daniel CURCH [sic] Roswell EVERTS }Augusta Wm. VANORNAM [sic] Thomas McILMOYL }Edwardsburgh Samuel M. BUCK John LUKE -----------------South Gower Abel WING } Yonge Samuel MUNRO John DICKSON [sic] } Kitley John BARNS [sic] } Bastard Clark NICHOLS Jabez EASTON } Rear of Leeds & Lansdown Aaron STEVENS Joseph LANDON } Front Do Do William EASTON } Wolford John BULLIS } Marlborough Latt[y?] CLELLAND [?] The Court order a full rate to be collected for the pursuant year. Allowed H.WALKER Clk. of the Peace the sum of five pounds Currency to be paid out of the Treasury in full of his Account. Page 299 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Our Lord the King District of Johnstown holden at the Court -House [sic] in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the tenth day of August in the fifty third year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King, defender of the faith before Daniel JONES, Gideon ADAMS, James BREAKENRIDGE and Philip PHILIPS Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of Our said Lord the King, assigned to Keep the Peace in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed. Commission opened & read }James BREAKENRIDGE Esqr Sheriff returned the precept [sic] Chosen Chairman Grand Jury Called and Sworn as follows Alexander MORRIS Foreman 1. Charles DUNHAM 11. Alexander MORRIS 2. Stephen BEACH [sic] 12. Roderick EASTON 3. Samuel McNISH 13. Nathan DAYTON 4. William McNISH 14. Abraham DAYTON 5. John McRady [sic] 15. Benjamin SAULTS[?] 6. Asa LANDON 16. John BROWNSON 7. Robert McLEAN 17. William CLOW 8. Asa LEWIS 18. John GARDNER 9. David LAKIN [sic] 19. Samuel SHIPMAN 10. Abner BOOTH 20. Peter PURVIS John POTTIER appointed Constable for the Township of Augusta in lieu of Roswell EVERTS. Page 300 Increase SMITH appointed Pound Keeper for the Township of Elizabethtown, in lieu of David ELLIOTT deceased. The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery James MAIN A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1. John AYLER 7. Alexander KINCAID 2. Henry ELLIOTT 8. Justus HUBBLE [sic] 3. Isac[a?]ak [sic] KEELER Jur 9. James CROMWELL 4. Richard COLEMAN 10. George GARDNER 5. George PHILLIPS [sic] 11. John PURRIS [PARRIS?] 6. Peter CLOW 12. Andrew B[r?e?]IOID [sic] The Jury find the Defendant Guilty. Court fines him five shillings costs. The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery John STANTON A Petit Jury Called & Sworn as follows 1. Peter CLOW 7. Henry PLUMB 2. Justus HUBBLE [sic] 8. John ALYER 3. George GARDINER [sic] 9. Oliver GRAHAM 4. James AVERY 10. John BAKER 5. George GARDINER Jur 11. Richard COLEMAN 6. Allan [sic] COOPER 12. George PHILLIPS [sic] The Jury find the Defendant [space] Guilty. Fine ten shillings pd. John STUART Esquire sworn in to Office as Sheriff of the District of Johnstown, in Open Sessions the tenth day of August 1813. The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery William T. HAYTORE [HEYTORE?] Defendant pleaded Guilty. Court fine him ten shillings - Paid. Page 301 Johnathan [sic] Mills CHURCH appointed Constables [sic] for the Town ship of Elizabethtown - (Sworn in) [sic] Allowed James MAIN the sum of Seven shillings and Ten pence Currency to be paid out of the treasury [sic] Allowed Johnathan [sic] Mills CHURCH the sum of Five Pounds [sic] in full of an Account by him rendered for Services done as deputy [sic] Sheriff. Allowed Michael COOK Gaoler for the District of Johnstown the sum of Ten pounds Seven shillings Currency for the maintenance of prisoners Confined [sic] in the Gaol of the said District. Ordered that Fifty Pounds shall be granted by the Sessions for the purpose of building a bridge over the Guanannoque [sic] Rover at the Furnace. Allowed Daniel JONES Jur the sum of Seven Pounds fourteen Shillings Currency in full of an Account by him rendered for Services done as [blank space] Clk. of the peace [sic]. Mr William BROWN appointed Town Clk. for the Township of Wolford ~ The King } Indictment vs Assault and Battery Chs JONES Esqr. in pursuant [sic] The King } Assault and false vs imprisonment Alphus [sic] JONES [Nothing further written up here on either of these charges. MCB] Page 302 [Note: Enumerating the years of the Court Sessions here by the numerical year of King George's reign can seem a bit confusing, but we are coming to the end of 1813 now even though the given year has changed to the 54th from 53rd. King George III was crowned 25 October 1760, so the years of his reign "begin" near the end of an actual calendar year. Because of the disease that eventually saw George 3rd become mad, blind and deaf, his son, the Prince Regent, also a George, ruled in his stead from 1811 until his own coronation in 1820 as George IV. MCB] Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Our Lord the King District of Johnstown holden at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the ninth day of November in the fifty fourth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King, defender of the faith before James BREAKENRIDGE, Daniel JONES, Richard ARNOLD, Thomas SHERWOOD Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of our [sic] said Lord the King, assigned to Keep [sic] the peace [sic] in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies, trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed. Commission opened & read } James BREAKENRIDGE [no "Esquire"!] Sheriff returned the precept [sic] Chosen Chairman Grand Jury Called & Sworn as follows 1. John TAYLOR 8. Miller JOHNS 2. Jonah BROWN 9. Ira [Isa?] MARSHALL 3. Increase SMITH 10. Albert DAY 4. Ezekiel GLAZIER 11. Robert EARL 5. Abraham CLARK. 12. Walter TAPLIN 6. Allen CURTIS 13. Peter HOWARD 7. Robert CLARK 14. Reuben MOTT Peter HOWARD (Foreman) The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault and Battery Ziba Marcus PHILIPS [sic] A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows [continues next page] Page 303 1. John ROBINSON 7. Hiram KILBORN 2. Henry MANHART 8. John ARNOLD 3. Zephaniah [sic] WASHBURN 9. Hugh JOHNS 4. Gershom MORSE 10. Adin [sic] FIELDS 5. Archibald FLETCHER 11. Johnathan [sic] DAILY [sic] 6. Eli KILBORN 12. Philip CLEMENT The Jury find the Defendant Guilty [-] fine ten shillings. The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault and Battery James CARLEY A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Stephen CHIPMAN 7. Eli KILBORN 2. John ROBINSON 8. Hiram KILBORN 3. Henry MANHART 9. John ARNOLD 4. Zephamiah [sic] WASHBURN 10. Hugh JOHNS 5. Gershom MORSE 11. Adin [sic] FIELDS 6. Archibald FLETCHER 12. Johnathan [sic] DAILY Phebe FLINT �10 } Josiah SIMONDS to Keep [sic] John KINCAID-- 6 a Tevern [sic] till [sic] 5th Jany Cornelius SMITH-- 6 next in Elizabethtown The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault and Battery Stephen COLLINS [The usual line "A Petit Jury called & sworn as follows" is absent here in the original. MCB] 1. Johnathan [sic] DAILY 7. Archibald FLETCHER 2. Adin FIELDS 8. Gershom MORSE 3. Hugh JOHNS 9. Zephamiah [sic] WASHBURN 4. John ARNOLD 10. Henry MANHART 5. Hiram KILBORN 11. John ROBINSON 6. Eli KILBORN 12. Stephen CHIPMAN The Jury find the Dft Guilty [and] the Court fine him four pounds. Walter TAPLIN �10 } Walter TAPLIN to Keep [sic] an Inn John KINCAID---- 5 till [sic] 5th Jany next in Elizabethtown James HALL-------5 Page 304 John ROBLIN�20 } for the appearance of Bemslee BUELL 10John ROBLIN at the Hiram KILBORN 10 next Sessions Prosecutor David WOOD in ten pounds. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay John STUART Esquire Sheriff of said District the sum of Eleven [sic] pounds Halifax Currency in full of an Account by him rendered. Allowed Daniel JONES Junior the sum of Twelve [sic] pounds ten shillings Hx Currency to be paid out of the treasury [sic] in full of an Account by him rendered for services done as Clk of the Peace. [Where is Hamilton Walker at this time? There has been no mention of a new clerk being sworn in. MCB] Ordered that the Treasurer of the said District of Johnstown do pay Andrew LIDDLE Gaoler of the said District the sum of Two [sic] pounds seven shillings Hx Currency in full of an account [sic] by him rendered. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Michael COOK the Gaoler of the District the sum of five pounds fourteen shillings Hx Currency in full of an Account by him rendered. The King vs John ROBBINS [sic] } Indictment Assault and Battery } Dft. recognized to appear next Sessions as on the other side [No further explanation of "the other side". MCB] The King } no bivs Jonah BROWN ll Page 305 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Our Lord the King District of Johnstown holden at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the fifteenth day of February in the fifty fourth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, King, defender of the faith before Joel STONE, Daniel JONES, James BREAKENRIDGE, Thomas SHERWOOD, Philip PHILLIPS [sic], Esquires and others their fellows, Justices of our [sic] said Lord the King, assigned to Keep [sic] the peace [sic] in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed. Commission opened & read } Joel STONE Esqr Sheriff returned the Precept Chosen Chairman Grand Jury called & sworn as follows 1. Benjamin BROWN Junr 9. Joshua ADAMS 2. Nathan BROWN 10. John ROBINSON 3. William KELSEY 11. Isaac CHIPMAN 4. Daniel BROWN 12. Daniel [K?]ERRY [First letter smudged] 5. Joseph WILTSIE 13. Sheldon NICHOLS 6. John WILTSIE 14. Thomas KNOWLTON 7. Levi SOPER 15. Jeremiah DAY 8. Daniel PHELPS 16. Prinse [sic] SHERMAN Joshua ADAMS, Chosen Foreman The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault and Battery John ROBBINS The Dept. [sic] uttered this Gonner [sic] Pleaded Guilty to the Indictment & the Court fined him five shillings & costs which fine he paid to the Sheriff in Open Court. Costs � 10-" paid fine -5 �1 " 15- " Page 306 John L. READ---�10 } John L. READ, to Michael ROW--- 5 Keep [sic] an Inn, in John McNISH--- 5 Augusta ~ John McNISH---�10 } John McNISH, to John L. READ-- 5 Keep an Inn in Michael ROW--- 5 Elizabethtown The King } refusing to give in a list of ratable property vs Thomas D. CAMPBELL The Court order that his property be placed on the assesst roll upon his paying the Costs ~ Costs six shillings & one pence paid. The King } refusing to give in a list of his ratable property. vs The Court order that Peter MARCKs [no apostrophe] property be placed Peter MARCK [sic] on the assesst roll, on his paying the Costs Costs seven shillings & two pence paid The King } Refusing [sic] to give in a list of his ratable property. vs The Court order that the Depts [sic] property be placed Thomas DOYL on the assesst roll on his paying the Costs Costs six shillings & six pence paid The King } Refusing to attend as a Grand Juror at the vs Sessions in August 1813 Stephen JONES The Court dismiss the Dept [sic] and order that no proceedings be had against Henry JONES and Parker WEBSTER, Cited [sic] to appear at this Court for the same offence [.] Closson EYERS [sic]----�10} Closson EYERS to Keep an Inn Jeremiah BIRDSALL [sic] in Yonge Calleb[?] SEAMAN[?] Jur Page 307 Johnathan [sic] Mills CHURCH--------�10} Church to Keep an Inn James HALL--------------------------------- 5 William H. EASTON------------------------ 5 The King } refusing to give in a list of his ratable property. vs The Court order that the Dept dismissed and his property be placed William JONES Esqr on the assesst roll Jabish [sic] ANDREWS-------------�10 } Jabish ANDREWS to David D. JONES------------------------5 keep an Inn in Yonge Stephen BALDWIN--------------------5 The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Assault & Battery Isaac IRELAND The Defendant pleaded Guilty [O?] Court fine him �3 " " with costs -fine paid Sheriff in Open Court ~ The King } Benjamin TACKERBERRY [sic] } Indictment Assault & vs Frederick MORSE Battery Justus SEELEY [sic] Justus SEELEY-------------------�40 } Appearance of John DIXON---------------------- 20 SEELEY at next Walter TAPLIN------------------- 20 Sessions ~ Benjamin TACKERBERRY---------�40 } Appearance of William DAVIES---------------------- 20 TACKERBERRY at next Robert MUND------------------------ 20 Sessions ~ Frederick MORSE-------------------�40 } Appearance of MORSE Nicholas HORTON------------------ 20 at next Quarter Sessions ~ Robert MUND----------------------20 Benjamin NICHOLS (Kitley)------�100 John KINCAID (Elizabethtown)------50 Isaac IRELAND-------------------------50 For the appearance of Benjamin NICOLS at the next Court of oyer terminer [sic], and General gaol [sic] delivery holden for the District & the proper demeanor in the mean time[sic]. Page 308 Allen CURTIS-------------�10-"-" } CURTIS to Keep an Cornelius SMITH-------------5 -"-" Inn in Amos GILE [sic]--------------5 -"-" Elizabethtown The King } Indictment vs Threatening David JONES Esqr as an William G. FRASER Esqr Attorney employed in a Cause against him. William G. FRASER Esqr-------------�50 } Appearance of Adiel SHERWOOD Esqr--------------- 25 FRASER at next James COVELL---------------------------25 Sessions a good behaviour [sic] in the mean time [sic]. Benjamin ANDREWS appointed Collector for Elizabethtown instead of Jonah BROWN removed. Joseph PENNOCK (Yonge)-----------�200-------James COVELL (Elizabethtown)------ 100------William CHURCH (Yonge)-------------100------For appearance of the said Joseph PENNOCK at the Next [sic] Court of Oyer & terminer [sic] and General gaol [sic] delivery holden for this District & proper demeanour [sic] as a good Subject of our Lord the King, in the mean time [sic]. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Truman HICOK Esquire the sum of Fifty [sic] pounds Cury in full of an account by him rendered. [Reason for account not given. MCB] Ordered the [sic] the Treasurer of the said District of Johnstown do pay Andrew LIDDLE Gaoler of said District the sum of twenty nine pounds, one shilling and five pence half penny Cury in full of an account by him rendered. Page 309 Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Stephen BALDWIN the sum of one pound nine shillings and four pence in full of an account by him rendered for services done as Constable. David TOLMAN appointed Constable for the Township of Kitley in lieu of John DIXON for this year or un till [sic] May Sessions 1814. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Daniel JONES Junior the sum of seven pounds Cury in full of an account by him rendered. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay the Widow of William FRASER Esquire, late Sheriff of said District, the sum of six pounds five Cury, for one quarter's salary which appears to have been due him. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay Henry PLUMB the sum of three pounds, six shillings & three pence Cury, in full of an account by him rendered. [Reason for account not given. MCB] Allowed Prince [sic] SHEARMAN [sic] the sum of Eight [sic] pounds twelve shillings Cury in full of an account by him rendered, for apprehending four deserters from the Corps of Voltiguers [sic] & the expenses attending their apprehension. Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay John STUART Esquire Sheriff of said District the sum of five pounds Cury in full of an account rendered by him for services done as Sheriff aforesaid. Allowed Robert McLEAN Esquire, the sum of four pounds Cury to be paid out of the Treasury in full of an account by him rendered for services done by him as Surveyor. Page 310 Ordered that the Treasurer of the District of Johnstown do pay James BREAKENRIDGE Esquire the sum of two pounds five shillings Cury, in full of an account rendered by him for services done by him as Surveyor of roads. The Court grant permission to the Revd William SMART to preach in the Court house [sic] of the District of Johnstown, in the Courtroom thereof during [sic] the pleasure of the Court. Memorandum A demand was made by the Court, on Nathan HICOK, as Administrator to the estate of the late Stephen WASHBURN Esquire for the sum of twenty five pounds, which had been granted by the Court to the said Stephen WASHBURN for the purpose of being laid out on a certain road; but does not appear to the Court to have been laid out. Page 311 Upper Canada At the General Quarter Sessions of the peace [sic] District of Johnstown holden at Elizabethtown in and for the District of Johnstown on Tuesday the seventeenth day of May in the fifty fourth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland King, defender of the Faith [sic] before James BREAKENRIDGE, Daniel JONES, J. BREAKENRIDGE [sic] Esquires and others their fellows Justices of our [sic] said Lord the King, assigned to Keep [sic] the peace in the said District and also to hear & determine divers felonies trespasses and other misdemeanors in the said District Committed. [Large space left here before reaching words below.] Commission opened & read } [No chairman given. MCB] Sheriff returned the Precept Grand Jury called & sworn as follows Viz Jacob HICOK Chosen Foreman 1. Asa WEBSTER 12. Frances SCOTT 2. John WHITE 13. NETTLETON [sic-one name only] 3. Joseph TOUSLEY 14. Rice HONEYWELL 4. Philemon PENNOCK 15. Heman HURLBURT 5. Andrew HURD 16. Samuel SMADES 6. Major BURRITT 17. Jacob HICOK 7. Adoniran[sic] BURRITT 18. Samuel HICK [sic] 8. Jehiel HURD 19. Caleb CLOSSON 9. James KEELER 20. Archibald CAMPBELL 10. Philip DULMAGE 21. Thomas CAMPBELL 11. John SCOTT Page 312 John POTTIER [sic] sworn to attend the Grand Jury during the Sessions. The King } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Threatening expressions against David JONES Esqr William G. FRASER Esqr as an attorney employed in a Cause against him. The Defendant alters his former plea [-] pleaded Guilty to the Indictment, and the Court fine him five shillings & costs - fine paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King Benjamin TACKERBERRY } Indictment [Plea blank] vs Frederick MUN Assault & battery Justus SEELY [sic] The Defendants alter their former plea and pleaded to the Indictment & the Court fine them five shillings each, with the costs - to stand committed till [sic] the fine is paid - fine is paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty John BULLIS A Petit Jury called and sworn as follows Viz 1. Isaiah CARPENTER 7. Robert McLEAN 2. John DEMING [sic] 8. Samuel THROOP 3. Zenos [sic] BISSELL 9. William EARL 4. Jehiel BISSELL 10. Truman STONE 5. John WRIGHT 11. John L. READ 6. Joseph WRIGHT 12. Carlton READ The Jury find the defendant [sic] Guilty and the Court fine him �3[sic] and the costs, and to Stand Committed till paid - fine paid [to] the Sheriff in Court. Seth SHERWOOD-----------�10-"-"} Seth SHERWOOD to Stephen COLLINS--------------5-"-" Keep an Juror [sic!] in Johnathan [sic] M. CHURCH 5-"-" Elizabethtown Page 313 The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault with a drawn Sword Not Guilty William FITZPATRICK A Petit Jury Called and Sworn as follows Viz 1. Reuben LANDON 7. Daniel KEELER 2. Salmon [sic] MITCHELL 8. Amos Demming [sic-second "m" struck through] 3. Edward KING 9. George EVERTS 4. Miron [sic] TOUSLEY 10. Amos KNAPP 5. Isaac HURD 11. Peter M[?- & blank] 6. Samuel BROWN 12. Andrew PERRIN The Jury find the defendant [sic] Guilty and the Court fine him five pounds & the Costs [sic], which fine he paid to the Sheriff in Court. The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault & Battery Not Guilty Duncan CAMERON John PARKER A Petit Jury called [sic] and Sworn as follows Viz 1. Isaiah CARPENTER 7. Samuel THROOP 2. John DEMING 8. William EARL 3. Jehiel BISSELL 9. Truman STONE 4. John WRIGHT 10. John L. READ 5. Joseph WRIGHT 11. Carlton READ 6. Robert McLEAN 12. Reuben LANDON A Nolle Prosegin [sic] entered by permission of the Court. David LAKIN-----------�10----} Daniel [sic] LAKINS [sic] to John KINCAID------------5 Keep an Juror [sic] in[?] David JONES--------------5 Augusta [Scribe seems to be having trouble clearly writing "an " and "in" and what is to be kept by Lakin, strangely enough, certainly appears to be written as "Juror". MCB] Page 314 The King vs } Indictment Assault & Battery [Plea blank] Richard Duncan FRASER Esqr breach [sic] warrant issued Court adjourned till tomorrow Morning 10 OClock. Court met pursuant to adjournment. Present James BREAKENRIDGE} Esqrs { Thomas SHERWOOD Henry ARNOLD The King } breach [sic] warrant issued vs Billa FLINT The King } No bill. vs Henry ARNOLD Esqr The King } Indictment } Plea vs Petit Larceny Not Guilty Andrew BAIRD A Petit Jury called [sic] and Sworn as follows Viz 1. Josiah CARPENTER 7. Samuel THROOP 2. Zenos [sic] BISSELL 8. William EARL 3. Jehiel BISSELL 9. John L. READ 4. Amasa WOOD 10. Carlton READ 5. John WRIGHT 11. Reuben LANDON 6. Robert McLEAN 12. Salmon [sic] MITCHELL The Jury find the Defendant Not Guilty. [No mention of any fine paid or other punishment. MCB] The King } Indictment } Plea vs Assault Not Guilty Billa FLINT Billa FLINT-----------�20-"-"- } for the appearance of John KINCAID-------- 10 -"-" Billa FLINT at the Anan [sic] WARNER---10 -"-" next Quarter Sessions

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