what hee has done himself what goods he has admitted to entry without examination contrary to Act of Assembly @ my order as appears by his own books to the great diminution of his Mat!S revenue in this Province neither does he remember what bills of store hee has granted :

notwithstanding several orders to the contrary

To the eighth concerning one Riddell

Mr Santen does mee wrong in this, One Mr Riddell a poor Gentleman that brought into this city without entry (as a great many others have done without Mr Santen or his officers taking notice thereof) a small parcel of linen afterwards appraised to be of the value of 3 or 5 pounds,

And after that this Riddell @ one of the officers of the Custom House drinking drunk together, fell

@

a quarrelling, on which

in the

the Officer went out meeting with Vaughton about one or two morning, compelled him to goe along with him to seize uncostomed goods at Riddell's

where when they came they broke open the door upon this Riddell who being still drunk endeavoured to keep them out @ in the struggling stabbed Mr Vaughton. Whereupon he was secured in prison where hee lay a long time till Vaughton recovered. Afterwards the lodging,

poor

Sprag

Mr Vaughton @ himself @ Mr @ several others hee was set at liberty, and on a petition of his to the Council his goods

man

being in a starving condition on the application of

were ordered goods