Assembly Proceedings, April — May 1669. 165

sufficient pledges that he be & personally appear before our
said Justices of our Provincial Court to be held at S^t Marys on
the 14^th day of April next to answer unto the said John of a
plea of unjustly taking & witholding his said Goods And this
You are in no wise to neglect upon the penalty that may come
thereon And also that then & there make return of your Ex-
ecution of this Writt Witness Char^s Calvert Esq^r our Lieu-

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tenant General & chief Justice of our s^d Province of Maryland
the 14^th day of February in the 35^th Yeare of our Dominion
over our said Province of Maryland Annoq Domini 1667
17 April 1669 Rob^t Carvile Clk.
True Copy
John Blomfield
M^r Wells
I and M^r Morecroft are by M^r Richard Fitzallen both Em-
ployed on your behalf by John Wright. & accordingly We
have proceeded as he will at large satisfy You he having payd
me the Sum of one thousand pounds of tobacco in your behalf
& M^r Morecroft the like, not else at present from your Friend
Daniel Jenifer
John Morecroft

This Paper produced by M^r Morris against M^r Morecroft
Robert Carvile Clk.

Maryland ss
Robert Morris late of Talbot County in the Province afsaid
Mariner by a Writt of Privilege issuing out of this Court was
attached to answer unto Jn^o Morecroft one of the Attornys
&c. in a Plea of Trespass upon the Case, and Whereupon the
said John in his proper Person saith That Whereas the said
John hath been & is a faithful Liegeman of our Sovereign
Lord the King that now is, & also hath been & is a faithful
Man to the Lord Proprietor of this Province & so hath honestly
& truly behaved & demeaned himself to all his neighbours &
of all other the good People of this Province, hitherto hath
been so noted & Respected without any suspicion of Fraud
Deceit falsity or Corruption or any hurtful Crime hath lived &
Continued unblemished and untouched, And Whereas the said
John the space of three Years now last past was & is one of
the Attornys of the Provincial Court of this Province & by all
that time diverse Businesses Suits & Causes for his Clients in
the said Court prosecuting & defending, justly & faithfully hath
prosecuted & defended, & by reason such his faithful prosecu-
tion of the Businesses Suits & Causes af^d diverse fees Gains &
Proffits justly & honestly acquired, Notwithstanding the s^d
Robert not being ignorant of the Premisses maliciously intend-
ing the good Name Fame & Reputation of him the s^d John

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