Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. 291

summes of Tob to him due for ffees & dyett, since the Engagem^t att
Anarundell & whereas the s^d Tob hath bene seuerall times demanded,
& not yett payd or satis fyed, hee being meerely on th^t account out of
purse 4000^l Tob, or thereabouts, ouer & aboue his dayly care &
trouble, Besides for satisfaction of his Charges, & like trouble since
arysing, by mennes & account of the Quakers, much to his hinder-

Liber
P.C.R.

ance. It is Ordered th^t his Petⁿ be Respited. And th^t hee shew and
procure the Order or Writt, whereby the parties were committed,
& summone in the parties by him Charged, as in his Petⁿ to the next,
or the next Prouinciall Court after, as hee shall see cause.

p. 254

Whereas Cap^t Will^m Euans Adrnistrato^r of the Estate of Cap^t
John Bariffe tooke out writt of Scire facias agst John Mackenny, to
shew Cause &c: for 400^l Tob, And the s^d writt being serued, & the
s^d Mackenny therby lawfully summoned. Yett not appearing eyther
by himselfe or Attorney att this Court.
It is ordered th^t the plf haue Exeqⁿ according to the writt & former
Order of Court.

Evans v.
Mackenny
Vid. ent.
fol. 217

Know all men by these p^ents th^t I Arthure Turner of Charles
County gentⁿ haue assigned, ordayned & made, & doe by these p^ents
in my stead and roome putt, constitute, & appoynt my true & wel-
beloued ffreind George Thompson of the s^d County, my true & law-
full Attorney in the suite now depending betweene Lucie Stratton,
& mee the s^d Turner. Gyuing & by these p^ents graunting unto my s^d
Attorney full power & authority in the premises to doe, say,
p^eforme, conclude & finish for mee & in my name, & to my use &
behoofe to doe, say, or cause to be done & sayd all & euery such Act
& Acts, thing & things, deuice & deuices in the Law whatsoeu^e for
the defence of my cause, & the recouery of my charges soe mali-
ciously throwne uppon mee, Ratifying & allowing & holding firme &
stable all & whatsoeu^e my s^d Attorney shall lawfully doe, or cause
to bee done, in or about the premises by uertue of these p^ents. In
wittnes whereof wittnes this my hand this 15^th of Aprill Ano 1659.
Wittnes Arth Turner
Will^m Waring.

This Case following w^th all the Depos^ns as they are here inserted is
thus sent up by George Thompson Cler of Charles County Court
unto this Prouinciall Court.
Whereas there was a Court held in Charles County the 6^th of
January 1658 to w^ch Court Lucie Stratton arrested M^r Arthure
Turner, in an accon of the Case. W^ch Case shee then expownded to
bee, for the mayntenance of a Child by him of her begotten, as shee
alleageth, ffor w^ch Case (after th^t they had troubled the Court) the
deft craued a Jury, w^ch being then not to be fownd, was by the
consent of both p^eties referred unto the next Court to bee held for

Stratton v.
Turner