346  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664.





               Liber B B  the 17th day of Nouembr aforesaid out of his handes & posson did
                      loose and let goe leauing it in the tobacco howse of the said Thomas
                      Hamond which said hhd of tobacco soe lost afterward to witt the
                      19th day of Nouembr aforesaid in the tobacco howse of Thomas
                      Hamond aforesaid to the hands & posson of the aforesaid Thomas
                      Hammond by findeing came, yet the aforesaid Thomas Hamond
                      knowing the Mid of tobacco aforesaid to be the proper hhd of tobacco
                      of him the said John Norwood and to him the said John Norwood
                      of right to belong & pertayne, plotting and Contriuing him the said
                      John Norwood wholy tn defraud Cheate of the aforesaid hhd of
                   tobacco weighing ffoure hundred and fforty pounds neat that Mid of
                   tobaccoe to him the said John Norwood allthough afterwards (to
                   witt) the 8th day of Sept 1663 openly in this honble Court and diners
                   times both before and since hee hath been thereupon required hee
                   hath not deliuered but that hhd of tobacco to deliuer to him the said
                   John Norwood hitherto hee hath alltogether Refused, And the hhd
                   of tobacco aforesaid afterwards to witt the 22th day of Nouember
                   aforesaid to his the said Thomas Hammonds proper use and benifitt
                   he hath Conuerted and disposed to the daffiage of him the said John
                   Norwood two thowsand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bring
                   eth his suite—
                   Ann To the honble The Gouernor & Councell
               Arundell John Norwood of Norwood in the County of Ann Arundell Gent”
                      and late high sherriffe of the said County Complaines against Samuell
                      Alcock in the Custody of the sherriffe of the said County for that
                      whereas the said John Norwood upon the 15th day of Nouembr in
                      the yeare of Our Lord 1662 being High Sherriffe of the sd County
                      did by law seize a Certaine hhd of tobacco weighing three hundred
                      and sixty pounds neat in the tobacco howse of the said Samuell
                      Alcock for a fine due from him the said Samuell Allcock for not
                      appearing att Musters and soe became possed of the said hhd of to
                      bacco as of his owne proper Goods marked wth his mark And he
                 [p. 4241 being thereof possd he the said John Norwood that hhd of tobacco
                      afterwards (to witt) the of Nouember aforesaid did loose and
                      let goe leaning itt in the tobacco howse of the said Samuell Ailcock
                      which said hhd of tob: soe lost afterwards to witt the 23d day of
                      Novembr aforesaid in the tobacco howse of Samuell Allcock af ore-
                      said to the handes and posson of the aforesaid Samuell Ailcock by
                      findeing came, yet the aforesaid Samuell Allcocke knowing the hhd
                      of tobacco aforesaid to be the proper hhd of tobacco of him the said
                      John Norwood, and to him the said John Norwood of right to be
                      long and pertayne plotting and Contriuing him the said John Nor
                      wood wholy to defraud and Cheate of the aforesaid hhd of tobacco
                      weighinge three hundred and sixty pounds neat that hhd of tobb:
                      to him the said John Norwood although afterwards to witt the 8th