. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. quitted by the j-iry, the Sheriffe the next day moving the Courtfor the discharge of such as were or should be soe acquitted, byreason hee apprehended they would attempt to make their escape butMr. Bickley who then executed the office o^ the Atter. Generall, forMr. Raymer opposed his motion, telling the Court that at that time,none but Mars being acquitted, the motion could be only intended, inhis favour, against whom he should have some thing further to object,and therefore prayed he might not be dischargd, and being a thirdtime presented was transfer


. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. quitted by the j-iry, the Sheriffe the next day moving the Courtfor the discharge of such as were or should be soe acquitted, byreason hee apprehended they would attempt to make their escape butMr. Bickley who then executed the office o^ the Atter. Generall, forMr. Raymer opposed his motion, telling the Court that at that time,none but Mars being acquitted, the motion could be only intended, inhis favour, against whom he should have some thing further to object,and therefore prayed he might not be dischargd, and being a thirdtime presented was transferrd (the Court of Justices not designingto sit again) to the supream Court, and there tryed and convictedon ye same evidence, on his two former tryals, this prosecution wascarryed on to gratify some private pique of Mr. Bickleys against tfr. Regnier, a gentleman of his own professinn, which appearing so r e?~ partial, and the evidence being presented to rae as very defective,and being wholly acquitted of ever having known any thing of the. Conspiracy by the Negroe witnesses, who were made use of in the try-als of all the criminals before the Justices, and without whose very few could have been punished, I thought fit to reprievehim till Her Majesties pleasure be known therein. if this suproamcourt were likewise tryed, one Husea belonging to Mrs. Wenham, andone John belonging to Mr. Vantilbourgh and convicted, these twoare prisoners taken in a Spanish prize this war and brought intothis Port by a Privateer, about six or seven years agoe and by rea-son of their colour which is swarthy, they were said to be slavesand as such were sold, among many others of the same colour and coun-try, these two I have likewise reprieved till Her Majesties pleas-ure be signified. soon after ny arrival in this government I re-ceived petitions from several of these Spanish Indians as they arecalled here, representing to me that they were free men subjects tothe King of Spain, but sold


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