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a band of friends of his, seized the Swimmer, tied him to a tree, and gave him a hundred lashes. Part of the goods were recovered, from one of the companions of the Swimmer. Having begun with this punishment, Eli Hicks, for further vengeance, took not only the Swimmer, but a brother of his by the name of The Duck, a youth of twenty, and four other persons, before a Georgia Magistrate. They were committed to jail in Decatur. [[strikeout: 1 line]] Several persons, thinking the course of Hicks [[strikeout]] ungrounded & vindictive, interfered in favour of the Prisoners. Information was sent to the Principal Chief, who gave orders for the Lawyers of the nation to look into the affair. Charles Vann was employed to super-intend it. The mittimus was found to be irregular. The Prisoners were brought before the inferior court and discharged. The Swimmer and the Duck now returned home, but they were not long unmolested. Some hogs had been | |||
a band of friends of his, seized the Swimmer, tied him to a tree, and gave him a hundred lashes. Part of the goods were recovered, from one of the companions of the Swimmer. Having begun with this punishment, Eli Hicks, for further vengeance, took not only the Swimmer, but a brother of his by the name of The Duck, a youth of twenty, and four other persons, before a Georgia Magistrate. They were committed to jail in Decatur. [[ | |||
The Swimmer and the Duck now returned home, but they were not long unmolested. Some | |||
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a band of friends of his, seized the Swimmer, tied him to a tree, and gave him a hundred lashes. Part of the goods were recovered, from one of the companions of the Swimmer. Having begun with this punishment, Eli Hicks, for further vengeance, took not only the Swimmer, but a brother of his by the name of The Duck, a youth of twenty, and four other persons, before a Georgia Magistrate. They were committed to jail in Decatur. strikeout: 1 line Several persons, thinking the course of Hicks strikeout ungrounded & vindictive, interfered in favour of the Prisoners. Information was sent to the Principal Chief, who gave orders for the Lawyers of the nation to look into the affair. Charles Vann was employed to super-intend it. The mittimus was found to be irregular. The Prisoners were brought before the inferior court and discharged. The Swimmer and the Duck now returned home, but they were not long unmolested. Some hogs had been