Newlands’ Park, St. Andrew,
March 21, 1806.
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
INVEIGLED AWAY, on the 26th of February last, a negro
man, named COOK, baptized JOHN, supposed to be about five
feet six or seven inches high, by trade a mason and bricklayer, black complexion, of the Mungola country, about twenty-six
years of age, front teeth filed on top, stutters when he speaks,
takes snuff, plausible, and may attempt to pass as free, or may
have procured a forged ticket to work out: he is well known in
St. Mary’s, on Mr. Lynch’s estates; in Vere, on Mr. Parker’s estates;
also in the parishes of St. Thomas in the East, St. Catherine,
Kingston, and Port-Royal. Two Pounds Fifteen Shillings
will be paid by the subscriber to any person lodging him in
any workhouse or gaol in this island, giving information thereof;
and the above reward on proving to conviction by whom
harboured, if by white person; and Twenty-Five Pounds if by
a person of colour.
JAMES NEWLANDS.
N. B. Masters of Vessels are cautioned not to employ or carry
him off the island.