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The Committee of Privileges and Elections have examined the cases of John McIntire, Alexander Thomson, George Oldner, William Ancock and Stephen Samson junr who were apprehended on suspicion of being inimical to the Rights and Liberties of America; And it appears to your Committee that the said John McIntire, was formerly a Sailor in a vessel belonging to William Black and was impresed on board a Man of War, from which he made his escape, and was taken in the Neighbourhood of Norfolk. It appears to your Committee that the said Alexander Thomson was a resident in Portsmouth & taken from thence & sent to the Publick Goal, no testimony appearing respecting his conduct.
It appears to your Committee from sundry Depositions that the said George Oldner hath been unfriendly to the American Cause, but committed no act that brings him within the Ordinance for trying the Enemies of America.
It appears to your Committee that the said William Ancock was taken near Norfolk and is a Sailor belonging to the other man of War.
It appears to your Committee that the said Stephen Samson was taken in company with the said William Ancock and is an Apprentice to Thoroughgood Smith Co., of the Eastern Shore.
Whereupon your Committee came to the following Resolutions, Viz.
Resolved, as the Opinion of this Committee that the said John McIntire be discharged from Confinement
Resolved, as the Opinion of this Committee, that the said Alexander Thomson be discharged from Confinement.
Resolved, as the Opinion of this Committee, that the said George Oldner be removed from the County of [strike - Princess Ann] Norfolk to an interior part of the Country agreeable to a Resolution of this Convention.
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Resolved, as the Opinion of this Committee, that the said William Ancock is a prisoner of War and that this Resolution be communicated to the Commanding Officer.
Resolved, as the Opinion of this Committee, that the said Stephen Samson be delivered to the said Thoroughgood Smith & Co.
