The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-22

I quarter Of ~ honr 81 least | obsefvsd
John Ash. sbo sss he eommsndsnx Z e.
Ger. reach forth his hand 70 p0sh sene "
lhrm frem me- md says, hold. doE'Irsr-
Iy he joks 100 Ger.
lea ehsd hold Of bis sleeve. snd chen
be loostd on me. / asked hia q l wss az
liberty. Says hs. yOu have bsea under
no confinement I'hsni pushsd my way
thrOsgh then; and % hsIp Mr.. Asksn@
nasy. as hear he dsn-es lhif1 he cane
10 me in ne street. snd askeJ ne. shyi
had asked him i | Gas al Liberty. BE-.
cause, says |. John wilrocks had ibid ne
thou wss The commanding officer.
The pass Vas &c follows. viz.
SIE: .Permil Mr. .isrmoh Husband 10
pa,s your gasTd and senlinel..
am. air, your most humble servant.
THOMAS LLOYD. Ayor- General.
TO he officer Of the guard srihe
vest cad Of Hill.boroueh. Ss-
turday noon.
The following 10 The qnshfession Of
Peter Sasoty. @ho, d ,bis esmra'en. hnIe
The lille Of Cspisin Sasory. Tor had oh
serted lin 10 look ~ sone Of The col
diers.
His evidence 10 ss follows. viz.
Orange County. IS. This day rare
Peter Savory bsipIe me, and made oath,
that al last Sepember Superior Coars he
saw several young men pushing ihfir
bsyoueis towards HeTnon HusbsDd. but
did not know them 10 touch him. Ger
iifisd under my hand. the 25sh day u
March, l7G9. JOHN PRYOR.
\ % MONDAY morning two or three o.
my neighbors had cume; and as soon az
Cauu san, Col. Faning accused me Of
crimes committed since entered into The
recognizances, and signi6ed they were Of
80 high naiure 90 concerned my In
| Heteupon was eomuii,ied 10 prison.
And the tirs, sslutalion ] received frem
HE prisoners. was their pointing 10
gallows, erected tetssen TWO Joyce u
The prison, right over The middle Of tho
floor; and the prison was psw built. OF q
higher pitch Than usual. sDd fosed roun5.
| Here weie aine OF Ten prisoners. met
on account sf ths Rgulsusn. and the
bPrisan So fi,,Is. .hsr'se could not oil lay
dosn at once. Sfhs rsmeahrssssof ~hst
bad real Of nqlisiusas, ast Iudn
Epnsonaenis, DC. Vas roe ,s,y frsh;@
my mind.
IL Al night William Da,hf and fhs ysrs
sent for; and there sere some mea prsrur-
ed 10 be our bail; hui when GO. out |
found my neighbours and sssSsess osre
all gone. II property was Of no v.'us %
ne before, il was ls4s nov. Z iooked on
myself as captive among sasay dnd,sss.
nsbobs or lord inquisitors! [ ty'd The
lawy ess whether they we're fond Of sea
YER obligations; and. ss limited before. my
senses were good enough; and ] reusR-
bered The sioty Of lha beaver; 90 l gave
them what notes, or bonds they pleased
ITO write; for never read OF exsnl0ed .
word IN them. .~
Al next Superior Court. bsfore my isis
al came on. these obligstons we're de-
roanded OF me: butt denied payment Of.
them, as | looked on them IL he Of no
force; and The lawyers urged honour in
the case.
Upon which told them to quit tho
obligations, and would pay them az
much a. could do with honour, and
wi,hoa, being laughed a. for Tool.
However, they have sued fof the OBJ
ligsIiou.;-aat for the information Of The
publ,ck. and all concerned for justice, /
would inform them. tina. our law, by
.chap. Nv. in section the ID. Of volume
Let, page I'LL. allows an attorney thirty
shi;llngs for sui. in The general Coait,
end fifteen shillings in the C6uuty Court;
which, as by the preamble TO the said law
may be seen, was lhough spflicien, to
compeusais an attorney fur his trouble for
prosecuting or defending asy suit or cause
in any Of the said courts in this province.
Aud in page The 10Th Of volume the
I'd, in 44sh section, q lawyers fee 10 de-
clsred TO be thirty shillings in The Superb
or Court; and in 'ths lee bill, Attorney
Generals fee is TO be in common suits The
same ss another Attorney. which implies
other sitornics fees were sscertainsd.
Neither are they su,horized BY any law
10 take more; nor is there any other lar
ger fees any where established.
And by the law. in page lao. section
II, any person or persons whatsoever are
dsbsrred from creating. makng. demand
ing OF receiving any othes fees but such
as shall be established by the Governor,
Council and General Assembly.
Here is no exception made oflawyers.
The lawyers will a,,emp, to urge, that
any trsdesman has a liberty To make a
bargain, and sta price on bis own work,
according as he does his work; for. cav
they, il we mus, be confined 10 The lawful
fee. we will do no more for that fee than
the law obliges us to DO.
TO the first say, no 'radesman cosld
be at such liberty were there the Same Z
laws prohibiting them, and setting bounds
Ia the aricea of thrir wark M thera in n