476 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.
Oct. 10
Attorney
General v.
Jenkins

Thursday October 10^th
Present as Yesterday
The Judgem^t against Jenkins and Fuller is Respitted till to morrow

et al.

morning

Re
Fenwick's
Estate

Then Proclamacon was made that if any person p^etend to haue
any Creditt due from the Estate of Cuthbert Fenwicke deceased
according to an order of the last Courte and noe person appeareing
to make any Clayme Ordered that a Quietus est be Granted to the
Administrato^rs of the said Jane Fenwicke

Gerrard v.
Cole

The plt preferred his peticon and vpon readeing the same the def^t
desired two houres respitt which was Graunted

Mackane v.
Gerrard
vpon an
appeale
from the
County
Courte

At a Courte held at New Towne for the County of S^t Marys 13^th
August 1661
Present Coll. William Evans M^r Thomas Turner M^r John Abing-
ton M^r Luke Gardner M^r Thomas dent and M^r Richard LLoyd

To the hono^ble the Gouernor and Councell

The humble peticon of Ricckett Mecane Humbly Sheweth That
yo^r peticoner being taken by force out of his natiue Country and
brought here vnto Maryland and sould vnto M^r Thomas Gerrard
And after yo^r peticoner had been a while at the howse of M^r Gerrard
The said [Mr] Gerrard compelled yo^r peticon^r .... serue him fifteene

p. 491

.... Served M^r Gerrard Six yeares and a halfe and is now one and
twenty yeares of age by the aforesaid Indenture hath Eight yeares
and a half more to serue which is contrary to the lawes of God and
man that a Christian Subject should be made a Slaue
The premisses considered yo^r pet^r most humbly desireth that yo^r
honor will be pleased to grant yo^r peticon^r an order for his freedome
And he shall pray
Ordered that this peticon be referred to the County Courte and
that the Servant haue the liberty to sue his Master And that the
Sherriffe of S^t Marys .... this peticon to the County Courte whoe
are to see Justice done in the busines John Gittings Clk.

Whereas the peticon of the plt haueing been referred from the
Provinciall Courte to this Courte with an order annexed to see
Justice done therein The def^t alleadgeing that when this peticon was
preferred at the Provinciall Courte was at such tyme as he was not
there and noe Suite commenced Whereupon the def^t desired an Ap-
peale to the next Provinciall Courte The Courte after much debate