250    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

             Liber A    his speciality doath appear and no satisfaction beeing yet giuen your
                   Petitioner as Administrator to the deceased humbly craueth order for
                   the sayd Debt with Cost of suit and bee shall pray &c

                   and for the Confirmation of the sayd Petition the Plantiue produceth
                   a bill of the defendant and Patrick hays his Deposition as followeth:

                     This bill bindeth mee Edmond Lendsey of Portobacco in the Prou
                   ince of Mariland Planter my heirs Executors Administrators or As
                   signes to pay unto Samuell Smith the full and just Quantitie of six
                   hundered pounds of good tobacco to his licking or to his heirs Execu
                   tors Administrators or Assignes at or befor the tenth of October
                   next ensuing the date hearof as witnes my hand this 14th day of May
                  1662                         Edmond + Lendsey
                   Teste signum                    his marke
                      Robert  Downes
                      Daniell C Wild
                         his marke

                     Patrick hays aged twenty three years or thear abouts sworne and
                   examined sayeth March the 26th Ao 1662
                     That upon friday beeing the last day of february this deponant
                   heard Edmond Lendsey promis to pay to him the sayd Patrick hays
                   for the use of Mr Samuell Smith (Late deceased) four barrells of
                   indian Corne and too hogsheads of tob: which Edmond Lendsey did
                   Confess to bee dew from himself to the sayd Smith which acknowl
                   edgment of his was made in the bows of Mr William Batten and
                   afterwards this deponant demanding of the sayd Lendsey the sayd
                   too hogsheads of tobacco at Coil fouks howse the sayd Edmond made
                   Answer that the too hogsheads of tobacco was not then Redy but bee
                   woold pay it to this deponant the next season for the use of him
                   the sayd Smith and further sayeth not Patrick Hays
                   Sworne befor me Henry Addames

                     Whearupon the Defendant Craueth a Referance untill the next
                   Court which was Granted

                     A Jury of Inquest beeing impanelled and thear Charge deliuered
                   unto them made Choice of Mr Zachary Wade for thear forman whos
                   names are as follows John Douglas Thomas Smoot Mr George Good
             [p.243]    crick Samuell Palmer Mr John Bouls Beniamin Marshagay John
                   Cherman Clement Theoballs Mr Arthur turner James Boulin John
                   Lambert Mr Zacharie Wade who braught this ensuing Presentment

                     Wee of the Jury of Inquest in Charleses County in the Prouince of
                   Mariland this first day of October in the year of owr Lord God
                   Euerlasting doe Present Robert Robins and Elisabeth Weekes for