462  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.




                Liber F F County of St Marys ss:
                     To the Honble the Gouernor & Councell of the Prouince of Maryland
                       The humble petn of Thomas Gerrard agst Philip Combes—Most
                     humbly sheweth
                       That whereas yor petr formerly (that is to say) in the yeare of
                     Our Lord 1663 in the Month of March did agree and Contract wth
                       the said Philip Combes to serue yor petr for the yeare then next
                       ensueing as his Ouerseer for and untill the prfecting and finishing
                       of one Cropp of tobaccoe and doeing and prforming of other
                       Seruices and Labours, by vertue whereof the said Combes into the
                       said seruice Entred dureing which aforesaid time of his seruice he
                       had & receiued of and from yo petr seuerall Goods and merchan
                       dizes: and allsoe the said Combes did otherwise dampnifye yor petr
                       during his said seruice to the uallue of Two thowsand pounds of
                       tobacco, soe that yor Petr was made worse and had damage by the
                       said Combes the sume and quantity of two thowsand fower hundd
                       and seauenty pounds of tobaccoe and Caske, all which yor petr hath
                       often in freindly manner requested the sd Combes to pay which he
                       the said Combes hath heitherto refused to doe and still doth refuse
                       to yor petitionrs damage of three thowsand pounds of tobaccoe and
                       Caske—
                       May it therefore please yor Honnors to Consider the prmisses and
                     grant yor petitioner Ordr against the said Combes for his damages
                     aforesaid his Costs—And as in duty bound

                 [p.45] Henry Hudson dds writt agst Zachariah Wade late sherriffe of
                     Charles County in an accOn uppon his Case to the uallue of 20000lb
                     tobaccoe
                       Warrt to sherriffe of Charles County to arrest &c. Ret: first
                     August next Prouinall Court—
                     To the Honble Gouernor & Councell
                       The humble petn of Henry Hudson agst Zachchariah Wade late
                     sherriffe of Charles County Humbly sheweth
                       That whereas in the Generall Assembly holden att St Johns for
                     this prouince the fourth day of March which was in the yeare of Our
                     Lord One thowsand six hundred ffourty seauen amongst other
                     thinges then and there Ordained & done a Certaine Act Entituled an
                     Act for the Extent of Attachments and Execucons was conceiued
                     and made, by wch it is Enacted that noe Attachmts shall and may be
                     laid uppon any the Goods or Chattles of any Inhabitants in this
                     prouince, Except the true Owner thereof be not at that time Resi
                     dent or dwelling in the prouince, & whosoeuer shall attach more then
                     a fourth part ouer & aboue the uallue of the debts shall beare the
                     dathages of the attachmts and the dathages of the party; And yor
                     petr doth declare unto yor Honnors that the said sherriffe by an At-