The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-06-27

has produced 70 much irrsgularity in the pro
vince. If you would only turn youIic't round
and view the many enormi'les, exIorJion
and exa6tious, daily praetfrd on US by law
yeys, clerks, reg,Rers, fherifs, &c. Ii an fur
you could not IN Truth count US the eiienc'
| of 1t.
AS to charging you with writing friend,
to Col. Tanning, lnever charged you or any
other man about it, excep, Col. Tanning
himGef, for expoiing your private letter
However J obierve you plead much in his
behalf, to excuie his eXtortion, even TO the
calling our laws and table, T fees intricate
and confuied 70 rhat no two judges eau
agree in the contribution of them, and Their
recommend US to uGs charity on his pea Of
ignorance, &c. Pray, Sir, ute that iAme cha
rEy towards US and our ignorance, ard am
furc you will not wonder the people arc CON
fuied a!Go under iuch laws, Especially as We
have 70 many iimiiaT cafes Of convnlGons ard
coniliicns dally publiihed in every news pa.
per. But pray, Sir, obierve, by the way.
flaming had not one hmilar cafe in the
whole province, not even lis projections
and it is obfervlbIe a'io that he could moi
pofibIy raiie fuch fortune from nothing in
few years, and maintain fuch extravaganza
as he did, but by. extoItion, and grinding
the face Of the poor. Befdcs, he endea
voured to engage the regifers in fome other
counties to follow his example, but none Of
their coniciences proved large enough. As
TO Tyreps cafe, a'wsys thought his crime
did not deferve TO take his lite, nor indeed
all his fortune. And as to Mr. Huibands' s
cafe, almotf every man in the whole county
was eye and ear wltnefS TO il iGemielveS
aud ever 70 much fcholaGic fiating Of facts,
that you 81 any other can contriye, will not
beat us out of known truth. How were
Milner and NAih Arangers to them that i'm
prifoned Hufbands You fay Huibands, you
believe, was imprifoned at the fuit Of the
crown bot | believe the crown had com
menced no fuit sgai5fi him till after the giving
them bonds. EIe was imprfoned By guards
procured BY lawyers, clerks, and other extor
tionate officers, collected for that purpoie, anc
luch officers got his bonds, and were there il
company with them. How is the Gale ther
uif as you have fated it, Every body believe,
there was joint Confederaty of extortionat'
officers to cow him from bringing their ex
tortions to light; and | believe, had evidence
been allowed, it would have appeared 70 to tn,
jury. How could it appear otherwfei He wa
frit taken without warrant, not b. any (hc.
riff or civil officer, but by bandi,i of law
yers, clerks, tayern-keepers, sc. fent TO gao
without mittmuS, then taken out at mid
night, put under guard, tied his feet unde
the hore's belly, gailowH fixed in the goal
and his trial TO be under the mouths Of can
non, and could not even wax within the IL
mits aligned him, but bayonets thruhing a
him, and other weapons Of war and, afte
all, NOT one jot or title could be proved a
gainf him. You GayMr Hooper well knew
that no luch allegation as durels could b,
proved againR Mr.. Miner. 1t was not poi
Gble Mr.. Hooper could well know any fuel
thing. Hufbands had ieveral mehages fen
him before the court that geo ]. was the fun
agreed on for him to pay. This hrG put
in his head that, that fun would pacify them
! for it was no martert to whom it was paid,
; it went among the fraternity and | verll
think, on the whole, it would have appearet
| durefs to every man who had the fmallef de
gree of candour or humanity in their compo
iition. So much for that cafe and now
will sndeavOur to antwerp order every quef