detained the same against a Justice of the peace who came pursuant to the laws in that case made and provided and recorded the Story as in his view and committed the offenders who afterwards were set at liberty upon their recognizances to appear at the next Sessions at which time they appeared and were by the Court fined so very small that Tho' there were six oifenders all their fines amounted to no more than Eighteen sliillings which was put upon them not as a punishment but rather a cautionary admonition not to attempt any tiling of the like nature for the futiu-e wliich mild dealing was so far from having any effect upon the Criminals that they put in a petition to the President and Coimcil arraigning the Justices of the Court of Sessions in passing against them and on their allegations alone the Justices were ordered to appear by their Counsel to answer before the President & Council concerning what they had judicially done in their full Sessions and the Criminals so far encouraged as to have their several fines remitted them and the Justices dismissed from their further attendance as having acted according to Law ; such an examination as this is unwarrantable and contrary to the known laws of the land (as we are advised) and of dangerous consequence as taking matters out of .the ordinary course of the Law by which only they ought to be examined & determined.

After this usage of tlie Justices so contrary to Law, and after fc-...h v.ou::L:^r.r.cc ':^ tlxo Cximhials sho\ui by the President & Council, it may easily be concluded tjie Church could not be very secure from the further attempts of such bitter enemies and accordingly after the arrival of the Rev^ M'' Poyer the present minister but before his actually coming to the place they entered into the parsonage house upon the possession of the Widow of M^ Urquhart who lived in it and kept the Widow out of it by force tho she and her Husband liad been in possession of the same about Six years (tlio we have since very great reason to believe that she connived at their entry for she Wfis soon afterwards readmitted as tenant to them with one Wolsey an Independent Srudeut and approbationer who has married the Daughter of the said Widow Urquhart) and after M^ Poyer was inducted into the Church the Justice repaired upon complaint