Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
Ordered that the Director of the Hospital be requested to deliver William Tyler to his Bail Amos Lucas Major Hale the Commissary of Prisoners appeared before the Board and informed that Thomas Man was exchanged and requested that he might be permitted to go down to the Highlands Ordered that the said Thomas Man be discharged and that the Coaler be ordered to discharge him -- John Showers was apprehended on Suspicion of being concerned in the Robbery at Van Ness's Ordered that he be committed and that the Sheriff be ordered to take him into Custody and closely confine him On Information that there is a Barrel of stolen Goods concealed in the Barn of Joe Primmer Ordered that Cap 1
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Ryley be requested to detach a Party to go and make Search in Joe Primmer's Barn and if they find any Thing there to bring Primmer with them -- Charles Stevenson Charles Gray and George Hill who were some Time since confined in this Goal on Application [62] of Doctor Hayes were sent down to the Highlands in Order to be exchanged --
Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning
136 State of New York
june^. Met P ursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 4^ June 1778 -- Present
John M. Beekman I \ Cornelius Humfrey Isaac D. Fonda ) \ Petrus Wynkoop JunT
It is ordered by the Board that Christian Smith appear before the Board by to Morrow Morning and that the said Christian Smith be served with a Copy of this Rule -- Hugh Paul a British Soldier was brought before the Board Ordered that the Officer of the Guard at the Fort be requested to receive him into his Custody -- 30*'' May 1778 were brought up under Guard before the Board John | Vosburg and Lourence Scharp both of Kinderhook for passing Counterfiet Money it was Ordered that they should be confined -- and that the Treasurer should pay to Jacob Wiltsie and two others who came up with them Guard as a and that he should take their Receipt for the same -- 1