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      appeareth that Mr Land in his sicknes ymployed him the said Liber A.

      Manners in the Sheriffes busines not giving him any depu-

      tacon in writing But it appearing to this Court that the Attachmt

      in the said Order menconed was by the said Manners in his

      owne Cause executed vppon the two hogsheads of Tobacco

      as belonging to Paull Simpson, after the said Mr Land had by

      writing vnder his hand made Lt Nichas Gwither his deputy

      Sheriffe. And that the said Tobacco as was adiudged by the

      order Yesterday was not Paul Simpsons but the now Corn-

      pltes John dandies. Wch the said Manners had bee beene law-

      fully authorized for the serving of the said Attachmt ought at

      his pill to haue taken notice of. Yet before any Tryall

      touching the same (as bee now confessed had caused the

      same to bee taken vppon an Execucon in his owne custody

      and disposed thereof. It is therefore ordered that the said

      nowe defendt Georg Manners shall pay vnto the nowe Corn-

      plte John dandy the six hundred pounds of Tobacco and Caske

      by him attached and the three hundred pounds of Tobacco and

      Caske for damages and all Costs and charges menconed in that

      Order together with the Court charges in this suite

        The Court being ready to rise The Governor appointed Lt

      Nichas Gwither to bee Sheriffe of the County of St Maries for

      the yeare nowe next ensueing 1651 promising soe farr as it

      shalbe in his power that Mr Phillipp Land shalbe appointed

      Sheriffe of the same County for the ycare 1652. And appoints

      the next Provinciall Court to bee held the twentieth day of

      June next

        At a Court held at St prsent     The Governor, Thomas Gerrard Esqr

        Maries octavo     Mr Tho: Hatton, Capt Robt Vaughan

        Marcij Anno 1650  & Mr Willm Eltonhead

        Vppon the humble Peticon of Susan Porter of the Isle of

      Kent widowe expressing therein her poverty and praying that

      shee might bee allowed out of the estate of Wm Porter her

      deceased husband her Bedd, bedclothes Pott Kettle her owne

      wearing apparell and three barrells of Corne for one ycares

      pvision towards her maintenance and that hee prmisses might

      not bee lyable for the satisfaccon of any of the decedents debts

      It is therefore vpon consideracon being had of the said Peticon

      ordered accordingly

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