204    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

              Liber A    his Expences upon the sayd Attachment with Cost of suit and your
                    Petitioner shall humbly Pray

                     Whearupon Mr Robert Hundly Prefered his Petition as followeth

                     To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses Countie the
                    humble Petition of Robert Hundly Sheweth
                     That Whearas your Petitioner beeing left by Capt Christopher
                    Russells last will a trustie in behalph of his Childeren and finding
                    other mens Pretentions apt to preuaile before he Can haue an oper

                 488     tunitie to Administer thearfor Craues your Worships to grant him
                    an order for the stopage of any proceedings and also for the strick
                    ing and disposing of the tob: and what is his defendants just dew shall
                    not only bee satisfied but hee as in dutie bound shall pray

                     And the sayd hundly did further ingage unto the sayd John Bouls
                    to satisfie eueri thing that hee Could iustly make appeare that Joseph
                    Cooper owed either to him or his Nephew William bouls prouided hee
                    might haue the striping and disposing of the tob: made by the sayd
                    Cooper the Precedent Crope
                     Which Profer the sayd Bouls refused whearupon the sayd Hanly
                    warned the sayd Bouls to look that the sayd tob: wear from this
                    day forword no way damnified or deminished for hee woold exat
                    the sayd tobacco at his hands
                     Whearfor it was ordered that the sayd Attachment shoold ly
                    untill the next Court and that then the sayd Bouls or his Nephew Wil
                    liam Bouls Prooue his account

                     Mr Addames produceth a saruant boy to haue his age Adiudged
                    of by name Robert Birth whom adjudged fourteen years old
                     Samuel dobson presents a boy saruant by nam Thomas Jackson
                    in the behalf of Mr Tho Gerrard to haue his age adiudged of who is
                    adiudged 16 years old
                     Mr William Marshall Presents Ane twifer to haue her age ad
                    iudged of who is adiudged seauenteen years old
                     Edward Swan Presents Presents Elisabeth Ireland to haue her age
                    Adiudged who by her owne acknowledgment is iudged but 17 years
                    old

              [p. 202]   Mr Thomas Baker Plantiue The Plantiue Aresting the defendant
                    William Robisson Defendant Prefereth his Petition as followeth

                     To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses Countie the
                    humble Petition of Thomas Baker Sheweth
                     Whearas your petitioner hath bine defamed by William Robisson
                    in sending your Petitioner word that for all your Petitioner is a Com
                    missioner hee is boath a Roage and A Rascall which is much Pre
                    iuditiall to your petitioners Reputation your Petitioner humbly