544 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665-66.






              Liber F F Yow shall well and truely try and true deliuerance make between
                     his Lordsp the Lord Proprietary and the Prisoner att the Bar, whom
                     yow shall haue in Charge according to yor euidence soe help yow God.
                       The Clark then call'd them ouer and the sherriffe counted them
                     being twelue Clarke askt are yow all sworne or not they answered
                     Yes
                       The Clark called Pope Aluey hold up thy hand att the Bar, and
                     saith Look uppon the Prisoner yow that be sworne and hearken to
                     his Cause Yow shall understand that he stands indited by the name
                     of Pope Aluey for that hee the 19th day of December in the yeare
                     1665 (the Indictmt then read out) uppon this Indictmt hee hath been
                     arraigned uppon his arraignment he hath pleaded not Guilty, and
                     for his tryall hath put himselfe upon God and the Country which
                     Country are yow, so that yor Charge is to enquire whether he be
                     Guilty of this felony whereof hee stands indited or not Guilty if yow
                     find him Guilty yow shall enquire what lands Tenements Goods and
                     Chattles he had at the time of the felony Committed or at any time
                 151]    sithence, if yow finde him not Guilty then shall yow enquire if he did
                       flye for it or not, if yow finde that he did not fly for it, then yow shall
                       enquire what Goods or Chattles he had att the time when he did fly
                       for it, or att any time sithence, if yow find him not Guilty, nor that
                       he flye for it, say soe and no more, and hear yor Euidence—
                       The wittnesses were all Called to the Board and sworne which
                     are exprest under the Inditement and there Examined—The Jury
                     hauing theire Charge giuen they wthdraw and Ordered the sherriffe
                     prouide them a roome wthout hauing meat or drinke untill they make
                     returne of their Verdict.
                       The Jury of life and death being agreed they came into Court to
                     giue theire Verdict, being call'd by theire names and all answered
                     thereto, was askt by the Clark if they were agreed of theire Verdict,
                     who answered Yes, who shall say for yow, answered the foreman
                       Pope Aluey hold up thy hand att the Bar.
                       Then say to the Jury Look upon the Prisoner yow that be sworne
                       what say yow, is he Guilty of the felony whereof he stands indicted
                       or not Guilty Who deliuered theire uerdict in writeing on the back
                       of the Inditement, Thus—(Guilty) And the Cow worth Eleauen
                       pence and noe more—
                       Whereupon they were againe Comanded out to Consider thereof
                     with a Charge giuen them to haue a speciall Care in what they did.
                 152] The Jury returnes into Court the second time & askt if they were
                     all agreed as in the former time who answered yes Then the foreman
                     deliuers in theire Verdict on the back side of the Inditement thus
                     (Guilty)
                       Then being askt what lands or Tenements Goods or Chattles had
                     he at the time of the felony Comitted or att any time sithence—theire
                     Answere None to Our knowledge, did he fly, noe