358    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

              Liber B    fendant Craued a nonsuit with Cost and Charge of suit which was
                    granted It is thearfor ordered that the Plt shoold bee nonsuited and
                    pay the Cost and Charge of suit

              [p. 118]   Richard Trew Plantiue The Plantiue aresting the defendant in an
                    George harris Defendant action of the Case Prefereth his petition
                                 as folioweth:
                     To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County the
                    humble petition of Richard Trew Sheweth
                     That whearas your petitioner trimmed a boat of George harrisses
                    and maed him owers for her for which hee was to pay your petitioner
                    400 lb of tobacco for her mending and owers and also promissed to
                    pay unto him for the use of John Neuill eighty seauen pounds of
                    tobacco all which tobacco remaineth yet unsatisfied to your peti
                    tioners great lose and dammage The Premisses Considered your
                    petitioner humbly Craueth Relife with Cost and Charge of suit and
                    your petitioner as in duty bound shall euer pray &c

                    the defendant alleageth that hee hath not finished her according to
                    his verball Contract and desiret John muns oath the plantiue affirm
                    eth that hee had taken her away

                     John Muns Sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that the
                    boards of the loker wear not nayled and further sayeth not

                     Whearupon the defendant Confeseth a iudgment for four hun
                    dered eighty seauen pounds of tobacco with Cost and Charge of suit:
                    It is thearfor ordered that the defendant pay unto the plantiue four
                    hundered eightie seauen pounds of tobacco with Cost and Charge of
                    suit:

                    George Harris Plantiue The Plantiue aresting the defendant in an
                    Richard Trew Defendant action of the Case Prefereth his Petition
                                 as followeth

                     To the Worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County the
                    humble Petition of George harris humbly Sheweth
                     That whearas your Petitioner had agreed with Richard Trew to
               [p. 119] mend your petitioners boate and the sayd trew was to finish the sayd
                    boate befor hee undertooke any other worke that the sayd trew did
                    detaine your petitioners boat from October till the middell of March
                    or thearabouts and after the sayd trew had trimmed the sayd boate
                    hee the sayd trew detained and maed use of the sayd boate untill
                    she wer leky againe whearby your Petitioner is very much dammified
                    as by sufficient Euidence your Petitioner can make it appeare for want
                    of Corne which your petitioner shoold haue fetched if the sayd trew
                    according to his promis had mended your sayd Petitioners boat
                    whearfor your petitioner humbly Craueth order of Court against