342 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659.

Liber
P. C. R.

Hitherto the Proceedings in the County Court.

In the Prouinciall Court as followeth. Whereas M^r John Pille
hath made complaynt to mee, That .... depending in S^t Maries
County Court betweene him & Walt[er Hall] of New Towne, there
was contrary to Law & Custome a .... whereof Seuerall were
neyther Inhab^ts of th^t County .... & doth therefore desyre That the
Judgm^t gyuen .... ing noe law full Jury, may be arrested, & the
whole .... [be] fore the Prouincial Court.
These are therefore in the L^d Prop^rs name to .... [ar]rest the s^d
Judgm^t, & to giue not [ice] to the .... concerning this suite up to
the .... Walter Hall, th^t there .... taken in the Prouince ....
command yo^u to sum[mon] .... [re]quyre yo^u, for the answere

P. 3^r4

the contr .... Court ensuing the date hereof returne this yo^r writt.
Gyuen under my hand this 4^th of July A^o 1659 To the Sheriffe or his
Deputy. Josias ffendall

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^r & Councell &c :

The humble Petⁿ of John Pille Sheweth, That whereas yo^r Pet^r
att the last Prouinciall Court held for this Prouince was arrested to
the s^d Court by Walter Hall, Att w^ch time yo^r Pet^r being imployed as
a Juror, in the seruice of the Lord Proprietary, the s^d Walter Hall
procured a Reference out of this Court to the County Court, un-
knowne to yo^r Pet^r & uppon tryall there gott a Judgm^t agst yo^r Pet^r
for 600^l of Tob. uppon suspition of stoppage of two hogsheads of
Tob, by yo^r Pet^rs Wife, W^ch supposed stoppage being alleaged by the
s^d Walter Hall att the last Prouinciall Court to discount w^ch yo^r Pet^r
was adiudged noe stoppage uppon the Oath of M^rs Hammond. And
yo^r Pet^r had an Order graunted for the full summe hee sued for,
W^ch s^d oath of M^rs Hammond, allthough taken in the County Court
doth not appeare uppon the Copie of the Records, W^ch s^d oath was
most pertinent to ouerthrow Walter Halls plea. And the Juro^rs
hauing it not to consider of, yo^r Pet^r conceiueth was the cause the
Verdict was brought agst him. And allso yo^r Pet^r sheweth th^t
hee findeth uppon the Copie of M^r Jarboes Oath, That the words
Hee knoweth not what Tob. w^ch were attested in Court, are not in
the Copie of his oath. And yo^r Pet^r further sheweth that Two of the
Juro^r w^ch were impanelled att th^t County Court, were not Inhabit-
ants w^thin this Prouince; & one, nott of the County, And one of the
s^d Three suddenly after the Verdict Reported th^t I had a greate deale
of wrong. And yo^r Pet^r conceiueth hee hath sufficient Cause of
accon agst him & hee lyuing not in the Prouince hath not opportunity
to sue him. And allso conceiueth th^t M^r Halls Euidence doth in noe
wayes proue his Petⁿ, & yo^r Pet^r humbly prayeth th^t the Judgm^t att
County Court may bee reuoked, & hee may haue a rehearing of the
Busines or ells nonsuite, & yo^r Pet^r shall pray &c :