Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. 331

howse in that Condicon & th^t his mate should goe forward &
acquaynt the next neighbo^rs, w^th it. And Comming back hee fownd
the Woman suckling the Child, & after that, undressed it, & washed
it. And the Nable string being to long, shee cutt a peice of it of,
saying it was soe hard, shee could not boulster it up. And after
soe dressing it, shee layd her selfe uppon the Bed, in the next roome
w^th it, & goeing now & then from his other employm^ts to her, hee
asked her how shee did ? Shee sayd the Child was weake, & thought
it would not Hue. And a while after shee called this Depon^t, & told
him, that the Child was dead. And hee putt his finger to the lipps of
the Child, & could not perceaue it breath.
Susan Barbery Sayth, That shee saw a Black place uppon the
Belly of the Child, as bigge as one of her hands. And that shee
cutt the Nable string because it was to long. That a fortnight afore
discoursing w^th Anne Barbery about her being w^th Child; The sayd
Anne sayd, That neyther shee, nor any other woman should see any
Child of hers, ffurther sayth not.
And the sayd Anne Barbery acknowledging in open Court, that the
Child was a Bastard borne. It is Ordered That the s^d Anne Barbery
bee forthw^th whipped, uppon the bare back & to haue thirty Lashes
gyuen her.
Writt to the Sheriffe ad Exeqd^m, according to Order supradict.

Liber
P. C. R.

Was called afore the Board M^r Richard Preston, William Allenby,
Henry Osborne, Will^m B[erry] & John Day, & accused for enter-
teyning & harbouring [Thomas] Thurston contrary to an Order of
the Councell, Published on the 23^d day of July last, & another Order
likewise Published on the 3^d day of August following. And it being
certifyed & proued th^t noe one of the s^d persons was ignorant, but
had notice of, & knew the fores^d Order of the Councell, & th^t other
Order as afores^d, & of the Penalty therein conteyned, It is therefore
Ordered That Euery one of the fors^d persons respectiuely pay &
satisfy to the L^d Proprietary of this Prouince ffiue hund^d pownds of

Tub,according to that latter Order published as aforesay^d.

The Court adiorned by the Gouerno^r till to morrow morning att
9 o Clock

Attorney
General v.
Preston et
al.
Vide 3 Md.
Arch. Coun.
364
p. 302
Vid. fol. 280
& fol. 290

Mathew Stone Examined Sayth uppon Oath, That about 5 or 6
yeares agoe (as hee supposeth) being w^th Cap^t Robert Vaughan, in
his Brother Stones Hall, att S^t Maries. His s^d Brother came in,
being moued & in passion w^th William Hewes, spoake to him, &
asked him, why hee went not to grynd att the Mill ? And William
Hewes asked him againe, who should pay him for his paynes or
labour? And his s^d Brother bad the s^d Will^m Hewes goe on w^th his
labour about the Mill, & hee would see him payd therefore, & further
Sayth not.
Jurat Cora^m me Will^m Bretton.

Hewes v.
Stone