520 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.
Veitch v.
Hammond

To the hono^ble the Leiuetenn^t General and the rest of the Councell
The humble peticon of Robert Peyton as Attorney to James Ueich
Sheweth That whereas at a Provinciall Coⁿ held at S^t Marys the
25^th day of November last past John Hammond obtayned Judgem^t
ag^t yo^r peticon^r vpon default of his appearance
Now yo^r pet^r humbly craues that yo^r Hono^rs takeing into Consider-
acon the Tenor of this affid^t will vouchsafe to grant a Supersedeas
vpon the said Judgem^t And he shall pray &c.
Knowe all men by theis p^rsents that I James Ueich .... riuer doe
constitute ordeine and appoynte .... Attorney in any suite w^ch ....
Ueich and J^no [Hammond] .... shall .....

p. 1008

Cap^t Samson Waring aged 43 yeares or thereabouts sworne and
Examined this 26^th dec. 1661 Sayth That comeing to the howse of
Hugh Lee the 25^th day of November, presently upon the riseing up
of the Co^rt James Ueich there meeting with M^r John Hammond he
demand^d wherefore he the said John Hammond arrested him The
said John Hammond answered that it was for a bill of Robert
Taylors in James Ueiches hands but since that they were mett to-
gether that they would not trouble the Co^rt with itt but adjust acc^ts
betwixt themselues And for the same purpose the said John Ham-
mond chose me this depon^t to arbitrate this busines betwixt him and
the said Ueich, and this depon^t sayth that the said Hammond prom-
ised to send his acc^ts within 14 dayes to the said Ueitches howse,
but hath not yett sent them and further sayth not
Jurat coram me Philip Calvert Samson Waring
Vpon the peticon of Robert Peyton Attorney to James Ueich The
def^t accknowledges the s^d peticon.

Bushell v.
Dent et al.

Ordered that the Executors of Coll John Price vizt Thomas Dent,
Daniell Clocker and George Macckall and William Hatton be Guar-
dians to Anne Price and Joseph Bullett, and a Non Suite is granted
ag^t W^m Bushell in all Suites relateing to the p^rmisses.

p. 1009
Public
Accounts

Ordered that M^r John Bateman and M^r Thomas .... and Thomas
Manning are hereby impowred to call all persons whatsoeuer to
accompt within that County Concerning the publiq accompts. and
that they be further impowred where they find tobacco not payd to
the Sherriffe for the Leauy and other busines to execute and gett
the same in, as fully as if the Sherriffe had Lived, and that they make
Proclamacon of this the next County Co^rt

Re

Ashcombe

Nicholas Carre sworne in open Co^rt Sayth That heareing M^r
Scapes and M^r Ashcombe discoursing touching some tobacco adven-
tured home for England or Holland by the said Ashcombe and
Consigned to James Scapes he heard the said Scapes say that the
tobacco was sould for fifty pounds or thereabouts and further sayth
not