186 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.
1658
Dec. 1

Att a Prouinciall Court held att S^t Clements Manno^e on Wednes-
day p^o Decembris 1658.

P^ent

Josias ffendall Esq^r Gou^e.
Philip Caluert Esq^r Secr.
Thomas Gerard

Co^ll John Price
Assist^t
Thomas Cornewalleys Esq^r

Attorney
General v.
Naugh-
nongis

Was called before the Board Naughnongis charged w^th the fellon-
ious taking away of One shirt, fowle but neuer washed halfe a
Matchcoate, a new payre of Irish stockins, & breaking the Locke of
Edmund Phillpotts doare.

Naughnongis pleads not guilty.

The euidence being Examined, & fownd not pregnant agst the
Prisoner. Proclamaon was made That the Prisoner att the Barre

p. 143

stood uppon his Justificaon. And th^t any one that could give euidence
should come and giue euidence for the L^d Proprietary.

None appearing. It was considered by the Board That notw^th
standing the euidence was not pregnant. Yett his owne confession
euidenced to the Board That hee was Gwilty of the fact, Therefore
Ordered that the s^d naughnongis be sold, And that out of the price
the Country & Edmund Phillpott be satisfyed: The one for their
Charge, The other for the goods Stolne, And th^t the Indian be
secured in the Sheriffs Custody.

Corne-
walleys v.
Chandler
and Overzee

The plf preferd' in, his Bill of Complaynt in Chancery (Viz).
To the hon^ble Cap^t Josias ffendall Leiut Gen^tt of Maryland &
Chancelo^e there, w^th the Councell of State.

The humble Complaynt in Chancery of Thomas Cornwalleys of
the Crosse in Maryland, agst Job Chandler & Symon Ouerzee of the
same prouince Gentⁿ. Sheweth

That whereas Co^ll ffrancis Yardley of Virginia came into this
Prouince & tooke up a great Tract of Land att Portoback, whereon
he seated diuers Negro's to plant: Pretending shortley after to
transport himselfe & family into this prouince, Vppon the credit of
w^ch Estate yo^r Pet^r dealt w^th him, & one Nathaniel Batt for Two
Indian Slaues for a valuable consideraon in hand payd, to be de-
liuered to yo^r Pet^r in Aprill or May 1654, under the penalty of 5000^l
weight of Tob: as by the Obligaon under the hands & Scales of the s^d
parties doth & may appeare. In exspectaon of whose performance
yo^r Pet^r sent att the day appoynted a Boate & Three men as far as
Tames Riuer to receiue the s^d Indians, to his dammage of att least
1000^l of Tob, But receiued none, nor since any satisfaction for the
debt or dammage. Now soe it is That shortley after yo^r Pet^r hauing
occasion to goe for England, Left order w^th his Attorney for Attatch-