252 Assembly Proceedings, March — April 1671.

U. H.
Journal
1659-98

so much as harbour a thought of taxing any of the Comm^rs
with ignorance as some have most maliciously Suggested
To the 3"? Article wherein the said Tilghman was taxed for
Levying of 26 Barrels of Corn belonging to John Ingram of
that County and was the whole Quantity of Indian Corn that
the said Ingram had for himself and Familys whole Years Sus-
tenance contrary to an Act of Assembly in that Case made &
provided The Respond^t saith that the said John Ingram the
last Year was gone out of the County and carryed all with
him that your Resp^dt knew of this Corn only excepted Which
the Woman whom I found in the house told me was his that
he left it there to be sold & had sold five Barrels of the said

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Corn to M^r Tho^s Powell, these five Barrels your Respond^t let
M^r Powell have and made Seizure of the rest amounting in all to
26 Barrels for Rent Levys & other debts due by Execution as by
my last Years Book will appear that your Respond^t let the
Corn lye near two Months after this in all which time your Re-
spond^t never heard from the said Ingram that then one M^r
Richard Cosuch & one Marks near Neighbours were Sworn
Appraisers by M^r Thomas Powell did See the Corn measured
and appraised and when done the Value in Tob: if any one
would deposite Your Respond? told them he would not meddle
with the Corn but finding none he yet let the Corn lye about
six Weeks before he sent for it to his particular Damage That
some considerable time after this the said Ingram came to your
Respond? for a Copy of his Debts Which was given him and
the County Court following made a Complaint against your
Respond^t who asking him the reason of it He told before John
Pitt he had not done it but that Weicks set him on and told
him he should get 3 or 4000^lb of tob^o of me and all his Corn
again or Words to that purpose that if the said Ingram had
any Injury he may have his Action at Law
To the fourth Article wherein the said Tilghman was taxed
for extorting of Fees from the Inhabitants of the County in
relation to his Office contrary to an Act also in that Case made
& provided
This Respond^t saith that he is ignorant of any Fees extorted
from any person contrary to Act of Assembly that if any such
are they may have their Action at Law
To the fifth Article wherein the said Tilghman was taxed for
commencing Vexatious Suits against some of the Inhabitants
of that County and more especially against John Hinson &
Nicholas Brooke as by both their Petitions & other papers an-
next may appear, This Respond^t saith that John Hinson hav-
ing wounded one John Tassell by a shot This Respond^t was
Employed about the Cure of him for the payment whereof &
other debts of his own the said Hinson Entered into Bond to