Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 497

Verdict of the Jury

The Jury findes that Ascolar is twenty yeares of age The Judge-
ment of the board is that he serue the def⁽ one yeare longer and then
to be free.

Liber
P. C. R.

At a Co^rt held in Charles County 2^d July Anno 1661

Present M^r Henry Adams'1 M^r Thomas Stone
M^r Francis Pope JM^r Thomas Baker

The plt arresting the de^ in an accon of the case preferreth his
peticon as followeth

To the Worshipfull Com" of Charles County
The humble peticon of Humphry Haggett Sheweth That Whereas
yo^r pet^r deliuered a Bill of one thousand pounds of tobacco last
September unto Zachary Wade and the said Wade promised at the
same tyme to deliuer .... an Indenture of one Robert James w^ch
.... for a Runaway .... Banckes and the .... this Servant & hath

Mr
Humphry
Haggett v.
Zachary
Wade

euer since broake his Articles

Yo^r pet^r therefore humbly craueth this Worshipfull Bench to
Compell the said Wade to deliuer yo^r petition^r in his Bill with Costs
and Charge of Suite And yo^r pet^r shall pray &c.
The def^t alleadgeing imediately hereupon that the said Haggatt
had Couenanted with the said James as a Freeman for fifteene
moneths Seruice or thereabouts and withall desired that the said
Condicon should be produced and that the plt might be Compelled
to proue his peticon
The plt hereupon produceth the Condicon which is as followeth
These p^rsents Wittnesseth that I Robert James doe Couenant to
serue Humphry Haggett till the 25^th of december in the yeare of our
Lord 1661 in such Seruice and Employment as the said Haggett or
his Assigns shall employ him in during the said tyme And in Con-
sideracon whereof I the said James haue gott the said Haggett to
Compound with Captaine Banckes for one thousand pounds of
tobacco a difference which was betwixt M^r Richard Banckes for and
likewise I the said Haggett doe Engage to giue the said James two
Shirts one paire of Canvas drawers and a paire of shoes to these
Articles I the said James doe Engage to performe the Seruice above
specifyed as Wittnes my hand this fourth of September 1660
Wittness Thomas Wentworth Zachary Wade Robert James
And according to the def^ts request the plt desireth that his sub-
pened wittnesses may haue their Oathes given them for the Con-
firmacon of his peticon which is Granted
Thomas Shelton of Charles County in the Province of Maryland
Taylor aged 28 yeares or thereabouts sworne and Examined in open
Co^rt Sayth

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