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Mr. Dunkin in Reply.
It is in Evid: that it is usual in this place for constables to call in the military power when they please to execute what they please. Nothing can be more illegal. If mil: force is legal in any case, it is only when the civil power has been found insufficient.
It has been said that the insolence of the Defts was caused by Mr. Hickey’s violence. But it is sworn by Mr. Tyler & Mr. Mackenzie