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broken the King's Peace, and set a dangerous Example to others, ° but have defeated the Operation of the said Act, in the Division

of the Land aforesaid : And it appearing by sufficient Evidence, that James Brackenridge, Jedediah Due, Samuel Robinson, Nathaniel Horner, Henry Walbridge, and Moses Robinson, all of

the said County of Albany, Yeomen, were among the principal Authors of and Actors in the said Riot and Breach.of the Peace :

In Order, therefore, to bring the said offenders to condign Punishment, and that others warned by their Example, may be deterred from the Commission of such dangerous Practices for the Future, I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's

Council to issue this Proclamation, hereby strictly commanding and requiring the Sheriff of the City and County of Albany, to apprehend and take all, and every the before-named Rioters and Offenders, and them to commit to safe and secure Custody to answer for their several Offences, and to be dealt with according to Law :

And for that Purpose if it shall be necessary, to raise and take

to his Assistance the Posse Comitatus, or whole Power of the County: And all Magistrates Officers, and Ministers of Justice, - are hereby enjoined and required to give their Aid and Assistance, nor only in apprehending the said several Offenders, and committing them to safe Custody ; but in preventing and suppressing all future Riots and Disorders, of the like dangerous