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CAUSES BY JURYS. 

 nthly. 



You desire all other matters may be tryed by jurys besides 

 life, limb and lands, as the plaintiffs shall think fitt. No 

 Governor and Councill will trouble themselves to give sentence 

 upon intricate matters, and that may be of great importance, 

 as you urge, by giving a definite sentence, which, though never 

 so just, seldom pleases both parties, and creates an odium to 

 the Governor and Councill, when the same thing may be judged 

 by yourselves. As the Governor is Judge of that Court, he 

 ought to be the Judge of what shall be tryed by Jurys and 

 what he himself will try in Councill ; otherwise a litigious 

 man that hath wealth and a cause depending with a poor man, 

 although a trifling one, shall come and demand to be tryed 

 by a jury, which will create the poor man such a charge that 

 he will rather sit down in his wrong. 



The Governor would willingly put you in mind that he hath 

 refused to try severall causes in Councill, as some of you know. 

 And indeed to take all this matter aright, we look upon it as a 

 burden our Masters has laid upon us to ease you. 



" Sattisfied that the Governor shall be judge of what shall 

 be tryed in Councill, and what in Court, except life, limb and 

 land." 



LIQUOR. 



I2thly. 



You desire that the liquor called wholesale, being three 

 gallons, may be reduced to one gallon arrack, four lbs. sugar, 

 and one or two lbs. of tobacco to be deemed wholesale. We 

 cannot see what occasion there is to deem anything wholesale . 

 less that what is exprest in the law, without prejudice and 

 wrong to those who pay for license. And you all know very 

 well that you may have what small quantities you please out 

 of the stores, even to a lb. or a quart of anything. 

 " Sattisfied." 



LIQUOR RETAILED. 



I3thly. 



You desire that we would establish certaine rates upon 

 liquor retayled by the punch houses. 



Ordered, 

 That the following declaration be issued out : 



" These are to give notice to all lycencees or retaylers of 

 strong liquors, that a bowle of punch, made with one pint of 

 arrack, with sugar and lemon, be from the date hereof, sold at 

 2/- per bowle and no more, while arrack is at 6/- per gallon 

 and if any one presumes to exact more, shall upon information 

 thereof given to the Governor and Councill forfeit their lycence, 

 and double the value. Which pint of arrack aforesaid is to 

 be put into such sizable bowle as will not be too strong, nor 



