310  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.






              Liber B B    Examinacons before the Gouernor & Councell
                        Francis Taylor being further examined saith that whereas Gramer
                        commanded one Christopher to beate Thomas Simmons he meant
                        Christopher Anderson and that the said Taylor did see the said An
                        derson beat the foresaid Simmons and saith he thinkes he gaue him
                        about 20 blowes and that he was by when the said Grammer bid the
                        said Anderson take his wynde and then to beat him againe—
                        Thomas Clifton being further examined he saw Christtopher An
                       derson and one John Edds carry him out of the feud
                        Henry Aullis being not able to giue any accompt att all in the
                        aforesaid bussines refuseth as wittnes—
                        The sherriffe being examined sayth that one of the wittnesses be
                       ing sicke at Mattapeny and not able to Come hither
                        James Lowe examined saith that as fame as he could see in the
                  Come feilde he saw the sd Christopher Anderson and John Edds
                  lead him—
                  John Edds saith nothing in Effect to the bussines—
                  [p. 381] The small Cord and Rope being shewne to Christopher Anderson
                       and of him demanded whither they were the same that\ Thomas Sim
                       mons were beaten wthaIl, answered yes.

                        Summons issued to the Sherrife of St Marys County to warne
                       15 or 16 able persons And them to impannell for the Grand Jury
                        Sherriffe returnes his writt and warned as followeth
                       fforeman
                        Thomas Nottley Richard Games
                      Humphery Warren          John Smyth
                                               Thomas Tayler
                      Nicholas Young           Daniel Clocker
                                           -   Richard Edlen
                      Jn Abington   Rob Macklin     Willm Hatton
                      Christopher Dopson       George Mackall
                      John Gittings Willm Watts
                                        All Sworne

                        Then Mr Attorney Generall presents these inditements
                        Let it be enquired for the Rigt Honble the Ld Proprietary whether
                       John Grammer of St Leonards Hundred in Caluert County uppon
                       the ninth day of July 1664 in St Leonards Hundred aforesaid in the
                       County aforesaid Christopher Anderson of the said Hundred in the
                       County aforesaid did Command the Body of Thomas Simmons serut
                       to the said Anderson to whip, and whether the said Anderson the said
                       Simmons did a whip commonly called a Catt of nine tayles in the
                       hundred & County aforesaid on the day aforesaid wth One hundred
                       stripes whip and beate, And whether the said John Grammer on the
                       day aforesaid in the Hundred and the County aforesaid the said
                       Thomas Simmons wth a rope wth a knott att the end did afterwards
                       beat wth twenty stripes in such unlawfull and unreasonable manner