334 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.
Attorney
General v.
Bagby

Was called afore the Board John Bagby & Charged for th^t hee
the s^d Bagby being commanded by law full authority to make search
for Thomas Thurston, as Cunstable, he refused soe to doe, as com-
manded, saying allso That, if hee were Cunstable, hee would doe noe
such thing.
The s^d John Bagby sayth that hee supposed himself e free from the
Office of Cunstable .... hauing supplyed th^t Office one whole yeare,

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& th^t the Commis^rs .... Court had nominated Ismael Wright
Cunstable to succeed him in that office, though the s^d Ismael Wright
was not sworne, or had taken the Oath of a Cunstable, And th^t had
hee understood himself e still in th^t office, he should euer, & will obey
all lawfull authority whatsoeu^r.
Vppon w^ch the s^d John Bagby is dismissed.

Overzee v.
Williams

To the hon^ble the Gou^r & Councell &c :

The humble Petⁿ of Symon Ouerzee Sheweth, Whereas John Wil-
liams stands indebted to yo^r Pet^r the summe of Three thowsand one
hund^d & Twenty pownds of Tob & Cask as by his account appeares,
W^ch Tob the s^d Williams refuseth to pay.
The premises considered yo^r Pet^r humbly Craues for p^ent paym^t
of the s^d summe of Tob w^th dammages & Costs of suite & he shall
pray &c :
The deft sayth that hee oweth the plf Two Thowsand six hund^d &
Twenty pownds of Tob w^th Cask, Three barrells & ffowre bushells of
Corne, ffor all w^ch hee acknowledgeth Judgm^t to the plf in open
Court.
As to the defts Bill of 500^l Tob passed to the plf for Richard
Abrahall, w^ch the plf cannot find att present, It is Ordered th^t the plf
bee left to recouer the same, wheneuer hee shall produce the s^d Bill.

Chew v.
Peake

These p^ents wittnes th^t I George Peake of the Clifts in Caluert
County Gentⁿ doe constitute & ordaine my louing ffreind Cap^t Samp-
son Waring my lawfull Attorney to defend a suite in Law com-
menced agst mee the s^d Peake by Samuel Chew, And in Case th^t hee
the s^d Waring shall see cause, I doe hereby impowre my s^d Attorney
to constitute another Attorney or Attorneys under him, And what
hee or they shall doe in the premises, I doe hereby ratify & confirme,
as wittnes my hand this 3^d of Octob^r 1659 George Peake.
In p^ence of Thomas Elwes George M Blacketor his marke.

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^r & Councell &c :

The humble Pet" of Samuel Chew Sheweth That whereas John
Par, the Orphane of Rob^t Par deceased, hath bene kept & wronged
by George Peake, soe th^t the Child hath runne away seuerall times, &
is lately come ..... Pet^rs howse for Releife.