376      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1664-65.

              Liber B B  Cause depending betwixt the Ld Proprietr and Reymond Staplefort
                      and Humphery Jones concerning some quantity of goods taken out
                      of the howse of John Bayley undr the penalty of 500lb tob: each
                      prsofl in case they appeare not according to summons dated ut supra

              if eb: 21th John Harrington Husband to Mary the Relict of Francis Mogg
                      demands writt agst Gaspar Guerin in an accon of debt to the uallue of
                      900lb tob: and Caske dated ut supra—
                      Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County to arrest &c Ret. first
                      March next Prouinciall Court

                [p. 458] To the honnoble Gouernor and Councell of the Prouince of Maryland
                       The humble pet” of Jno Harrington husband to Mary the Relict of
                      Francis Mogge—sheweth
                       That uppon the 2d day of Aprill 1664 Gasper Guerin of St Jeromes
                      Chirurgion did assume uppon himselfe to pay unto the ahouesaid
                      Mary Mogge her Executors or Assignes the full and Just sume of
                      Nine hundred pounds of good sound large tobacco and Caske accord
                      ing to Act of Assembly att his now dwelling plantacon in St Jeromes
                      aforesaide att or before the tenth day of Octobr last past as by spe
                      cialty undr his hand may more att large appeare which said sume of
                      Nine hundred pounds of tobaccoe the said Gaspar Guerin hath not
                      paid and still refuseth to pay to yo' petrs greate damage whereupon
                      he bringeth his suite
                       And humbly prayes Order of the honnoble Court that the said
                      Gasper Guerin may be Compell'd to pay the said tobacco to yor petr
                      wth damages & Cost of suite And he shall pray &c


              Febb:   15th John Lane dds writt agst Robert Turner in an accon of debt uppon
                      accompte To the uallue of Two thowsand One hundred & Eighty
                      pounds tob:
                       Warrt to sherriffe of St Marys County or any other sherriffe in the
                      prouince to Arrest &c, Ret: p°. March—
                      To the honnoble Gouernor and Councell of the prouince of Maryland
                       The humble petn of John Lane Sheweth
                       That Robert Turner stands endebted to yor petr in the full sume
                      of Two thowsand One hundred & Eighty pounds of tobacco uppon
                      accompt as p perticulers may more largely appeare which said suffie
                      of 2180lb tob: the said Turner hath not paid but absents himselfe
                       intent to defraud yor petr thereof
                       Wherefore yor petr humbly craues Order from this honnble Court
                      ag3t thc said Turncr for the said sume of tobacw wth damages & Cost
                      of suite And he shall pray &c.