at Philadelphia, this twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven.

Whereas, By an inquest held by the Coroner of the city and county of Philadelphia, it appears that Andrew Orusius, a Spanish sailor, was in the night of the twentieth ultimo, at the house of Magaret Bayley, in Southwark, beat and abused in such manner, by a certain Thomas Francis, that after languishing untill the twenty-eighth, he died:

And whereas, It is of the utmost importance that the perpetrator of a crime so horrid, should be brought to condign and exemplary punishment: we have, therefore, thought proper to issue this proclamation, hereby engaging that the public reward of one hundred dollars shall be paid to any person or persons who shall apprehend and secure the said Thomas Francis, to be paid on his conviction for the same: and we do hereby charge and require all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs and Constables to make diligent search, inquiry after, and to use their utmost endeavours to apprehend and secure the said Thomas Francis, so that he may be dealt with according to law.

Given in Council under the hand of the President, and the seal of the State,