Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

I ])a:d the 15 /. 15 s. to the Register of the Court, and 5 /. and lU d. taxed lor Costs to the Attorney-General, and took their Receipts f r the same, and compl} 'd w itli the Pecree as far as I was capable, remain'd at JWw-York Fii'ty Pa^s upon tlie General Assembly. Soon aft-r I got Home, a Man was sent dov^ n, being hin d as it was said, for 5 /. 10 .?. lo bring a Writ to our Sherill' to an est me. The Sheriff did arrest me, and I gave Security for Appear ance. I was charged wit!i Ccvtempf, but when I came to .Mw York, behig 115 Miles from my Abode, they could not make any thing out against me, only pretended tlmt I wfs not discharged from that C(»urt, neither could I get a Pischarge un:il 1 had paid them Twenty Slullings.

So in tliis Case I was prcsecu'ed contrai-y to tlie Form of the Grant of the Quit-Rents, and the Custom of the Colony, if not a Breach of the Instructions fn-m the Crown and the Decree of Chancery. So it was said, Tliey were at 5 /. 10 s. Giarge, to compel me to ride 130 Miles fo pay them Twenty Shillings, I being near Seventy Years of Age. By the Grant, the Trustees are the only capable Persons to act ;Mjd do all things in Reference to the Corporation, and every particular

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