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P.S. Since writing the foregoing the Court met today
and Capt Hunts counsel moved the Court to receive
his Bond. The Court did so - His counsel then moved
the Court to allow Capt Hunt to be sworn in as
Sheriff of this County - The Court consented and he was
accordingly sworn in as Sheriff of this County for the
ensuing two years — On this occasion 18 magistrates
were present and voted — Two Sheriffs have been therefore
qualified and it is for you to say which is to receive
the Commission at your hands — I will add one point
which I heretofore omitted - It is this — Hunt was at the first
election declared duly elected & it was entered on the records
Consequently Hunt was then invested with a right
which the Court subsequently had no right of which the
Court could not subsequently diverted. It is true that
when a court passes an order about any suit or the like it
may before the minutes are signed annul it - but when
the Court invests a man with a right — the right
for instance to enjoy an office — that right the Court
cannot take from him unless he commits some act
which would subject him to that penalty — The