State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Kings County ss.
To the Town sergent or either of the Constables of the Town of Charlestown in said County. Greeting. —
You are hereby Required to warn a Town Meeting of the Freemen of said Town of Charlestown on the Third Day of March AD: 1777. to draw out of the Box One Petit Juror to serve at the Court erected for the Trial of Prize Causes in and throughout said State appointed to be holden at the State House in South Kingstown in said County on the Eleventh Day of March AD: 1777 at the Hour of Ten in the Forenoon, then and there to try the Justice of the Capture of the Schooner Two Brothers her Appurtenances and .Cargo. Libeled before me: And you are likewise hereby Required to give seasonable Notice in writing to the Juror so drawn to attend and serve as Juror at said Court, at the abovesaid Time and Place of Trial of your Doings hereon, and of the Name of the Juror so drawn and-Notified, upon the Penalty of Ten Pounds for Failure herein. Given under my hand and Seal at Providence in said State, this Fourteenth Day of February AD: 1777
John Foster Judge of said Court.
NB. Seven Freemen are a sufficient Number to draw Jurors.
1. Admiralty Papers, vol. 10, R.I. Arch. Similar orders were sent to six other towns in Kings County: Kingston, 4 jurors; North Kingston and Exeter, 2 each; and Hopkinton, Richmond and Westerly, 1 each.
