160   Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A John Douglas aged 25 years or thearabouts sworne and examined
                   in open Court sayeth that hee made a condition between William
                   Bouls and William Knages and that William Knages demanded the
                   Condition of this deponant who was then the Custoditor of the sayd
                   Condition and peruseing of his wrighting, this deponant desiered to
                   know wheather thay wear boat Condecending to take in the sayd
                   Condition and William Knages desiring to looke on it and so tore it
                   without any Consent of the sayd William Bouls and further sayeth
                   not

                     The Plantiue not beeing able to prooue his petition and the formen
                   tioned oaths beeing Considered it is the opinione of the board that
                   the Plantiue to his owne wrong annihillated the Condition Whearfor
                   it is ordered that the Plantiue shoold bee nonsuited and pay Cost and
                   Charge of suit

                     Mr Thomas Stone hauing the oath of a Commissioner giuen him
                   hee desiered after that it was read unto him to haue a Coppie of the
                   said Oath and Commission and that the aboue specified Commis
                   sioners woold bee pleased to let him haue so much tim as to the next
                   Court to Consider wheather in Conscience bee Coold take the same
                   which was granted

                     Mr Robert Hundly and the rest of the witneses subpened in the
                   action betweene Knags and Bouls demands orders of Courte for thear
                   Charges which was three days apeece whearfor it is ordered that the
                   sayd Knags pay unto euerie one of them nintie pounds of tob:

               The Court is Adiourned untill the Last Tuesday in Jannuarie
                                   Ao 1661/2


               [p. 170] Captain William Battin entereth a Cauet against the estate of
                 408 Robert Hicks for flueteen hundered eightie Three pounds of tob:



                     Mr Robert Sly desiereth this ensuing letter of Atturney to bee
                   Recorded videlicet
                     Bee it knowne unto all men by thees Presant tht I Jacob Johnson
                   lately belonging unto the barke susannah of the Prouince of Mariland
                   Marinor haue mad Constited Authorised and Appoynted and by thees
                   Presants doe impower make Constitute Authorise and Appoynt my
                   Louing frind Robert Sly of the Prouince Aforsayd Marchant to bee
                   my trew and lawfull Atturney for mee and in my name to make de
                   mand leuie recouer and receaue all such debts and Dews as are to mee
                   belonging either within the Precincqts of Verginia or Mariland from
                   any person or persons whatsoeuer. I doe also by vertue of thees
                 409 presants impower my sayd Atturney to use all law full ways and