492 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89.

Liber B. P. R. O.

To the Honble his Ldp's Councill The humble Petition of Robert Doyne High Sheriff of Charles County, Sheweth

Robert Doyne Petition.

That the honble his Ldp's Justices of his High Court of Chancery in their Decree between Phillip

Lynes and Christmas Smith not having sufficiently ascertained
the payment of the Fees due to your Pet^r upon the writt of
execution granted out of the Provinciall Court against the said
Lynes att the suite of said Smith, by whom the same should be
satisfied and paid, both the said Smith and Lynes doe deny
and absolutely refuse to satisfie the same to your Petitioner.

Your Pet^r humbly prayes your Hon^rs to take the same into
consideration and to award your Pet^r his due satisfaction
wherein your Hon^rs more serious judgement itt shall seeme
just and reasonable.

Councill's opinion

And shall ever pray &c. It is the opinion of this Board that the Fees in the above Petition mentioned ought to be

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paid by Christmas Smith. To the Honble his Ldp's Councill The humble Petition of Nicholas White Sheweth,

Nicholas White's Petition.

And complaineth unto your Honrs that your Petr having according to his bounden duty (as

he most humbly conceaves) informed against John Holland
Master of the Brigantine May Flower of Boston for the breach
of a certain Act of Assembly of this Province intituled An Act
against the exportation of Wool and Old Iron Whereof your
Pet^r hath by virtue of a warrant to him directed and granted
by the hon^ble Coll. W^m Digges made sufficient proofe and Testi-
mony by finding considerable quantityes of the said comodities
aboard the said Brigantine ready to export out of this Province
att his coming to clear as he shall be able he doubts not upon
tryall to make most evidently appear, upon which one M^r
Thomas Jackson a Merchant resideing within the City of S^t
Marys maliciously envying the execution of the good Laws
of this Province hath taken occasion to abuse, afront and be-
spatter your Pet^r in a most notorious, scurrilous, base manner
threatning to sett all the people nay the very Doggs them-
selves upon him to scoffe and deride him by the name of a
malicious, base and common Informer discouraging not only
your Pet^r (in his just and lawfull prosecution for the publick
good) but alsoe all other the good people of this Province
from takeing notice of any breach of any the Laws of this
Province for fear of such scandelous, base, ignominious as he