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and killed; and one Hall, his Neighbour, ſeeing him ſhoot the Cock, ſaid to him Mr. Palmer, you have done wrong in ſhooting your Landlord's Cock: Whereupon Palmer ſaid to him, If he would only ſtay whilſt he had charged his Piece, he would ſhoot him too. Mr. Hall hearing him ſay ſo, went and told the Landlord what Palmer had done and ſaid; thereupon the Landlord immediately went with the ſaid Hall to, Mr. Crowle, and got his Warrant for apprehending the ſaid Palmer, by Virtue of which Warrant he was next Day taken up and carried to the General Quarter Seſſions, then holden at Beverley, where he was examined by George Crowle, Hugh Bethel, and Marmaduke Conſtable, Eſqrs. three of his Majeſty's juſtices of the Peace for the Eaſt-Riding of Yorkſhire, and they demanding Sureties for his good Behaviour, and he refuſing to find Surerties, was by them then commited to the Houſe of Correction; which Commitment was in the words following, To the Maſter, or Keeper of the Houſe of Correction in Beverley; Whereas it appears to us, upon the informations of divers credible Perſons, That John Palmer of Welton, in the Eaſt-Riding of the County of York, is a very dangerous Perſon, and we having required Sureties for his-good Behaviour until the next General Quarter Seſſions of the Peace to be held for the East-Riding of the County of York, which he the ſaid John Palmer hath refused to find; Theſe are therefore to command you, to receive into your Cuſtody theBody of the ſaid John Pal-
