Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 523

And being asked whether he was guilty or not guilty he answered
not guilty
The said Stack being asked how he would be tryed answered by
the Co^rt

Liber
P. C. R.

The said Stack haueing confest the Indictm^t as to the disturbance
of the Minister of the Church .... and finde Suretyes for his good
behauiour

p. 1013

Then was read the Indictm^t of Joseph Edlowe in his verbis &c.
The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary doth p^rsent Joseph Edlowe of
S^t Hieromes in the County of S^t Marys Planter, That whereas the
said Joseph Edlowe sometyme in May last, hunting in S^t Hieromes
Manno^r a certaine unmarked bull aboute a yeare ould or vpwards w^th
a Gun loaded with Shott which he carryed in his hand and discharge-
ing the same at the s^d Bull did then and there unlawfully kill and
carry away converting the same to his owne use ag^t the lawe or
Statute of this Province in that case provided and ag^t the peace of
the Lord Prop^ry and his Gouernm^t To which he pleaded not Guilty

Attorney
General v.
Edlow

Then was read the Indictm^t of Thomas Courtney in his verbis
The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary doth p^rsent Thomas Courtney
in the County of S^t Marys Planter Vincent Atchison of S^t Innagos
Hundred in the County aforesaid Planter Thomas Wright at Snowe
hill in the same County Planter, and Edmund Basey of S^t Innagos
Hundred and County aforesaid to Walter Waterlyn Seruant, That
whereas the said Thomas Courtney Vincent Atcheson Thomas
Wright and Edmund Basey Sometyme in January last with doggs
and Guns in his Lo^ps Forrest and other Lands of the Neighbourhood
did hunte and then and there certaine marked hoggs of the Neigh-
bourhood did kill, And after Killing some of the said hoggs did un-
lawfully mismarke by Cutting and mangling the eares of the same,
by which meanes the Right Owners were debarred of clayming that
was their owne, ag^t the lawe of this Province in that Case proudided
and ag^t the peace of the Lord Proprietary his rule and Gouernm^t

Attorney
General v.
Courtney
et al.

.... said Thomas Courtney pleaded not [guilty] .... Whereupon
It is ordered that the said Courtney Pay to the Ownor of the Hoggs
who is Cap^t Will^m Boreman the Sume of six hundred pounds of
tobacco To the Informer two hundred pounds of tobacco and to the
Lord Proprietary for a Fine three hundred pounds of tobacco

p. 1014

Then was read the Indictm^t of William Seely in his verbis &c.
The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary doe p^rsent William Seely of
S^t Hieromes in the County of S^t Marys Planter That Whereas the
said William Seely being lawfully sumoned and warned to attend
on the Guard on the 14^th day of February anno 1660 by his Leiuet^t
Marks Pheypo vpon most urgent occasions both for the safety of the

Attorney
General v.
Seeley