190   Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A    fiftie flue pounds of tob: by bill your Petitioner As Atturney to the
                   sayd Richard Helmes humbly Craueth an order of Court for the
                   sayd some with Charges and Cost of suit And your petitioner as in
                   duty bound shall euer pray &c

                   for which debt the defendant Confesseth a Judgment it is thearfor
                   ordered that the defendant pay unto the Plantiue as the Atturney of
                   Richard Elmes aforsayd nine hundered and fifty flue pounds of tob:
                   with Cost and Charge of suit:

                   John Cherman Plantiue The Plantiue Aresting the defendant in an
                   Mr George Scales Alis Action of the Case Prefereth his petition
                     Bradshow defendant as followeth (viz)

                464 To the worshipfull Commissioners of Charles County the humble
                   Petition of John Chearman Sheweth that whearas George Bradshow
                   alias Scales stands indebted unto your Petitioner in the som of too
                   hundered and ten pounds of tob: your petitioner humbly Craueth an
                   order of Court for the sayd sum to the valew aboue mentioned with
                   Cost and Charge of suit and your petitioner as in dutie bound shall
                   euer pray

             [p. 191] Edmond Lindsey beeing Admitted the defendants Atturney in
                   open Court desiereth that the Plantiue might proue his Petition which
                   was granted whearupon the plantiue produced this following ac
                   count and desiered that his witneses might haue thear oath giuen them
                   which was also granted

                        George Bradshow is debtor for his man
                     for a quart & a pint of Cordiall Sirrupslb 040
                     for 5 poultry at 8th a poultry      lb040
                     for too pound and a half of sugar   lb010
                     for fowr bottels of diat drinke     lb030
                     for too Cordialls                   lb020
                     for too pills                       lb020
                     for the troobel of the hows for eight days lb   050
                         The totall sum is              lb 210

                     Mr Thomas Allonson Aged 24 years or thearabouts Sworne and
                   examined in open Court sayeth that about the 3d or fourth day of
                   August this deponant was at Mr Linseys hows who doath declare
                   that Mr Bradshow desiered him to desier John Cherman to let his
                   man want for nothing and what hee shoold demand in reason he the
                   sayd Bradshow woold Satisfie and further sayeth not:

                     John Price Aged 20 years or thearabouts sworne and examined in
                   open Court sayeth that Mr Bradshows man beeing ill and at Mr Cher
                   mans hows that Mr Bradshow did say unto the sayd John Cherman