206    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A Whearas your Complaynant hath had seuerall Losses in his stok
                   of hoggs sum of them Corn home shot other sum cum home torne
                   with a doge or dogs to the best of your Complaynant Judgment other
                   sum of your Complaynants hogges are Clearly lost to your Corn
                   playnant apprehention and doath suppos that William Robisson is
                   part of the Occasion of it your Complaynant humbly Craueth your
                   worships to take the Premisses into your serious Considerations so
                   that your Complaynant may haue the Priuiledge to doe his Endeauor
                   to the prouing of this Complaynt and if proued that hee may haue
                   reparation accordin unto the law prouided in such Cases:

                     And for the Confirmation of the Presedent Petition Mr Thomas
                   Baker humbly Requesteth that Mr Thomas Hussey and Peter Hipkis
                   might haue thear Oaths giuen them which was granted.

                     Mr Thomas Hussey sworne and examined in open Court sayeth
                   that sum time in January last Past this deponant Came into the hows
                   of William Robisson and in the outward Roome thear lay hogs flesh
                   Cut out in peeces which this deponant supposed to bee too hogs and
                   so this deponant went into the inward Roome with that supposition
                   and sayd unto the sayd Robissons wife that her housband had lighted
                   on his hogs she rephyed that it was but one hoge a great barrow this
                   deponant after hee had taken a pipe of tobacco hee was going away
                   and going bake againe through the roome whear this hogs flesh lay
                   this deponant looking upon this hogs flesh admiring at the great
                   quantitie of meat for one hoge this deponant saw the head splite
                   with the Ears, on which Ears appeared to this deponants iudgment
                   to bee Cut into William Robissons Marke after the hogge was killed
                   for the grissell of the Eares boath of the Crops Slits underkeels and
                   ouerkeels appeared whit to this deponants yew

                   whearupon Mr Thomas Baker Produceth a paer of Eares newly
                   marked this morning in the presance of Edward Swan Mr John Bouls
                   Richard Dod Mr Robert Sly and Mr Thomas Hussey aforsayd, sayd
                   that thos Eares which hee saw at William Robissons was far more
                   plaineer new marked: and further sayeth not

                     Peter Hipkis sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that hee
                   neuer tooke any notice of any hogs that William Robisson braught
                   into his owne hows and further sayeth not

                     The Precedent Petition and Depositions beeing taken into the seri
                   ous Considerations of the bord it is ordered that the sayd William
                   Robisson put in sufficient bond that hee shah not hunt by himself
                   alone nor without a sufficient inhabitants Companie of this Countie in
                   any part of Charleses Countie with either doge or Gune untill hee
                   hath cleared himself of this Complaint and that hee shal pay the Cost
                   and Charge of suit: