542Court and Testamentary Business, 1657.

         Liber B.The Same Court Continued the    28th of September 1657

          No. 3.

          p. 328 mr Richard          Preston     Mr John Lawson

               Present Mr Edwd Lloyd    Mr Will: Ewens

                      (Mr Sam: Withers  Mr Will Parratt

               Lieutent Richard Smith is Constituted and appointed by this

              Court to be Attorney Generall for his Highness the Lord Pro-

              tector of the Commonwealth of England and the Dominions

              thereof to prosecute in his highness behalf all Suits and Actions

              Criminall depending before this Court

                      The Same Court Continued the 29th of September

                               1657

                          Mr Rich: Preston  Mr Rich: Ewens

                           W Ed: LloydM Mich: Brooke

                        Present Mr Sam: Withers Mr John Pott

                          Mr John Lawson Mr Will: Parratt

          Mr Tho: Thomas                 Mr Will: Ewens

                        To the Right Worshipfull the Comissionrs for

                        the Province of Maryland.

                      The Humble Petition of Richard Smith

                      Attorney to his Highness.

              Sheweth

               That about the 7th of July last Henry Gouge Sometime Ser-

              vant to John Dandy was found Dead in a Creeke, near the

              house of the Said Dandy by one William Wood, The which

              Henry Gouge yor Petitioner Conceiveth was in Cruell manner

              Murthered by the hands of John Dandy, as it doth appear by

              the Examination of Severall persons.

                        Therefore yor Petr in the behalf of his Highness humbly

                   prayeth this Court will take it Seriously into Consid-

                   eration ; that the Said Dandy may be brought to a full

                   tryall in Law for the Said fact, as yor Petr conceiveth

                   hath been Acted and done by the Said Dandy And

                   your Petitioner as in Duty bound Shall pray &c

               His Highness Attorney moveing the Court that the Prisoner

            2 Iohn Dandy Should be brought to his Tryall The Court doth

          p.  order that the Said Prisoner John Dandy be Called to the

              Barr, And that a Jury of Inquest be Impannelled by the Sher-

              iffe. Which Jury being Jmpannelld was presented to the

              Court, the names of the Jury being Viz. mr John Knape fore-

              man mr Hugh Stanly mr Thomas Cary, Robert Harwood,

              Robert Kingsbury, Iames Jolly Mr Richard Hostkeys, Mr John

              Adbor, William Turner, George Bussie, John Felton, William

              Muffett, Richard Keene, John Day, M William Chaplin, Mr