Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1684-89. 563

one hhd of Tobacco marked with the mark of him the said
Michaell Taney of the neat we^t of 368^l of Tob: to the use of the
said Sam. Young which he the said Michaell Taney by his
Receiver had received of one Richard Brooke in Lyons Creek
contrary to a certain Act of Assembly in such cases made and
provided, and that he the said Thomas Smith did confess in

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Court that he did scratch out the mark of the said hhd. of To-
bacco by the order and appointment of the said Samuell
Young he the said Young saying and persuading him the said
Smith that he had an Order in writing under the hand of
the said Michaell Taney for the same hhd. of Tobaccoe.
Now Wee whose names are hereunto subscribed doe certifie
your Hon^rs that wee doe veryly beleeve that the said Thomas
Smith did scratch out the mark of the aforesaid hhd. of
Tobacco by the order and appointment and perswasion of
him the said Young telling him th^t he had an order in writeing
under the hand of the said Michaell Taney for that very hhd.
of Tobacco soe what the said Smith did therein was ignorantly
done by him beleeving that the said Sam. Young told him the
truth and not in contempt of the said Act of Assembly or to
doe any manner of wrong to the said Michaell Taney and that
to our knowledge the said Tho: Smith hath been alwayes
accepted accompted reputed and esteemed to be a very honest,
civill and creditable person of good name and fame clear from
all manner of evill behaviour towards his Lord^p and his good
people therefore at the request of him the said Thomas Smith
Wee humbly pray your Hon^rs to be pleased to give order to
his Lo^ps Clk of his indictments for Calvert County that the
said Thomas Smith may be no further prosecuted for the said
Fact and to remitt the punishment for the same In testimony
whereof we have subscribed our names dated this 30^th day of
June Anno. Dom: 1687.
Rich. Ladd Ric. Morsham
Geo. Lingan John Craycroft
Tho. Brooke Francis Hutchins.

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Tho. Smith, sentence
to stand in Pillory
remitted.

Whereupon their Hon^rs granted the afore-
goeing Petition as prayed and the Clk of the
indictments of Calvert County is hereby