164 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.

About the yeare 1654 in the month of Octob^r, I was wished by M^r
Peter Sharpe to looke on the wound of Adam Staueley, being then in
cure att M^r Sharps howse, Where I fownd the applicaons not fitt, I
did aduise the Patient to make use of other meanes. Ri. Wells.

Sara the Wife of Sampson Waring aged 31 yeares or thereabouts
deposed, Sayth, That being att M^r Will^m Parkers howse, shee en-
quyred of him uppon what account Adam Staueley went to M^r
Sharps. His reply was th^t M^r Sharpe intended to cure him in three
weeks, or a months time, or thereabouts, & make him as sownd a
man, as euer hee was in his life or else hee would haue nothing for
his paynes. Thus much shee heard M^r Parkers say, & further sayth
not.
Cap^t Sampson Waring sayth uppon oath That hee was p^ent when
Cap^t ffuller fownd fault w^th M^r Sharpe for applying contrary meanes
& medicins to the plfs leg, & told him, th^t what hee applyed would not
only depriue him of his leg, but of his life allso, if he continued
that meanes still, ffurther th^t hee knew noe other meanes to doe the plf
good, but giptiaeuⁿ, & aduised M^r Sharp for his owne creditt, & the
Patients good to use the same.
And M^r Sharpe gaue this Depon^t order to arrest the plf, about
Two yeares after, And this Depon^t asking him for what ? M^r Sharp
replyed one Thowsand pownds of Tob was for his Cure of the plf, &
six hundred & odde pownds was for goods, The Depos^ns being
ueiwed & considered by the Court, It is ordered that the Bill of One
Thowsand six hund^d ninty three of Tob, One thowsand whereof is to
bee deducted for the plf, (the Cure not being perfected) & the
Remainder (Viz) six hund^d ninety three pownds to bee due to the
deft, from the plf, And the deft to pay charges of suite.

Martin v.
Willson

Elionar Martin complayneth agst George Willson, for th^t the s^d
Willson doth abuse her in her own howse.
Will^m Lucas sayth uppon oath, That about three yeares agoe,
being att the Widdow Martins howse: George Willson & his Wife
were allso there, & uppon some occasion or other the s^d Willson
knockd the Widdows head agst the howse side, & made it bleed.
Thomas Griffin sayth, That about three weekes agoe, being att the

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widdow Martins howse, George Willson & the Widdow falling out,
the s^d Willson sayd th^t shee cheated him of his wifes portion, & shee
sayd that hee was the ruine of her husband.
John Stephen sayth, That about three yeares agoe being drinking
of sack, Willson, & his Wife fell out; & first hee kickd' his wife about
the howse, & afterwards knockd' the Widdows head agst the wall of
the howse.
Ordered this Cause bee sent downe to the County Court, in S^t
Maries County to be there heard & determined.