Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679.   293





    Said Bill Exhibited into this Court Contained in it So much Scan- Liber C D
    dalous & Criminous matter ag.t the office Oath and duty of an At
    torney & in breach of Severall penall Statutes as the Statute of
    Champty & Maintainance and against the Act of Assembly made for p.239
    makeing void and punishing all fraudulent practices tending the (fol. 292)
    defrauding of Reall purchase.rs and Creditors and the Same was
    maliceously Contrived prosecuted and Commenced on Set purpose
    by the Comp.It as much as in him lay to bring the defend.t to dis
    grace and disfavour with his Lordship the Lord Propry of this Prov
    ince and with the Justices of this high and Hon.ble Court and the
    Justices of the Provinciall Court where this defend.t is a Practicon.r
    and where this Defend.t is punishable for all misdemeano.rs and
    Crimes by him Comitted ag.t the Duty and oath of an Attorney
    as also to bring the Said George into hatred Scandall Reproach
    Evil fame Opinion Infamy displeasure and distrust amongst his
    Clyents and other the Good people of this Province by Chargeing this
    defend.t in Severall places of the Sd Bill with promisses to defend
    the p.lt and preserve his Estate from his Creditors without putting
    the p.lt to any Charge at all & Chargeing him with absolute knavery
    Contrary to his Oath, That after he had been Retained as Attorney
    for him in all Causes whatsoever as by Bill is pretended he En
    couraged & animated the Said Comp.lts Adversarys & Cred.rs to
    sue the Said Comp.lt and yet took fees of the Comp.It So Scan
    dalously Charged him with dealing on both Sides, as also Chargeing
    him fraudulent practices in makeing the Said Severall Deeds
    and mortgages in the Bill menconed in his the Said defend.ts name
    but in trust for the Comp.It to Save the Same from the Judgm.ts
    and Executions of his Creditors & Endeavouring by his Bill to
    Enforce this def.t by his Answer upon Oath to discover & Set forth
    the Said Supposed frauds & Practices and also to make himself his
    own Accuser and to bring him under the breach of the penalties
    of the Said Statutes & other punishments afores.d w.ch (if they were
    true) the defend.t could not by Law or Equity be Compellable to
    discover the Same and betray himself So that he the Said defendant
    was advised that this defendant ought not to Answer the Said Bill (lot. 293)
    till the Said Criminous and Scandalous matter aforesaid be Expunged
    out of the Said Bill as was usually done in Such Cases in this Hon.ble
    Court and therefore and for the other apparent insufficiencies in the
    Said Bill of Comp.lt the S.d defendant did Demurr in Law & de
    manded Judgem.t whether he Should make any further Answer unto
    the Said Bill of Comp.lt and prayed to be hence dismist with his
    Costs and Charges in that behalf wrongfully had and Sustained
    This Court thereupon and upon Reading of the Said Bill and De
    murrer was fully Satisfied that there was So much Scandalous and
    Criminous matter Couched & Contained in the Same Bill of Comp.lt
    that the Same was not onely not fit to be Answered unto by any