ARTICLES DE PEKIN ET CARTEBET

" muBter of twelve parishes by twelve hundred men " at leaj9t, the said John Pipon and one Hampton, a ^^ Constable, being of severall parishes, growing from " words to blowes, the said Captain presently first " meeting with the said Pipon did for his stricking " the said Constable stricke him by way of correction, " and sent him therefore with consent of the Jurats " to prison, where he stayed but one night and was " theh enlarged. And our Judgment was, considering ^^ the time, place and company, and forces in readi- " nesse, the inconveniency that might ensue, and ^^ being a marshall matter, this his imprisonment was " justifiable. Besides the said Pipon présent confessed ^' that he neither substituted to complaine, nor had " any such cause."

Ce Rapport semble infirmer le précédent Car si le Gouverneur a l'autorité d'emprisonner de son chef, qu'est-il besoin du consentement des Jurez ] Et à quoy bon ces deux autres raisons de réserve, que l'affaire étoit martiale, et que Pipon ne se plaignoit pasi