We comand you to take into your Custody the Bodyes of Macherora Scarborough & Thomas Miller both of pasquotank if to be found in yer. Bailywick and them safely keep so that you may have them before our Cheife Justice & Justices for holding the Genll. Court of this province at the Court House at Machaconick als Queen Anne's Creek in Chowan the last Tuesday in March next To answere to yer. plea of William Reed Esqr. for harbouring an and entertaining a Runaway Negroe Slave named Rose contrary to an act of assembly of this province in that behalfe made & provided and damages ^one hundred & fifty^ twenty pounds, and have you this Writt with you