370   Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

             Liber B Mr Thomas Lomax sworne and examined in open Court sayeth
                   that Mr george Thompson bought too sow pigs of humphery At-
                   wicks about three mounths ould which hee desired him to deliuer
                   unto James Smalwood Capt: fendalls saruant the sayd James and
                   an other boy came on the sunday night and this deponant saw the
                   sayd humphery deliuer them and the next night following the sayd
                   Pigs came home with the sow and sucked her in this deponants sight
                   and thearupon this deponant tould the sayd humphery that thay wear
                   marked and hee Replyed yer thay are of Mr Turnors Marke upon
                   which this deponant tooke notis of the marke which was Cropt of
                   Each Eare and too slits in each Eare and further sayeth not:

                     Humphery Atwickes sworne and examined in open Court sayeth
                   that hee sould too pigs to Mr George Thompson which hee gaue to one
                   of Captaine fendalls saruants James Smalwood and that hee deliuered
             [p. 135]    them unto him and the next time that hee see the pigs thay wear
                   marked of Mr Arthur turnors Marke which is Cropt on boath Eaers
                   and too slits in boath Eares and further sayeth not

                     James Smalwood sworne and Examined in open Court sayeth that
                   Mr George Thompson gaue this deponant too pigs which humphery
                   Atwickes was to deliuer him and that hee and an other saruant went
                   for to fetch them one sunday night and that humpherie deliuered them
                   unto him and thay braught them away and thay Ran away againe
                   and on munday night following thay Come home to the sayd hum
                   pherys hows Marked on Mr Turnors Marke and further sayeth that
                   the ouerseer told him that hee asked Mr Turnor how thay Come
                   marked and Mr Turnor sayd that hee tooke them for his owne pigs
                   and so marked them and further sayeth not:

                     Mr Humphery Warren Sworne and Examined in open Court say
                   eth that in the yeare one thowsand six hundered and sixty one befor
                   december this deponant had a hogset of tobacco Receaued of Mr
                   Arthur Turnor about the sixt or seauenth of december this deponant
                   hauing intimation that his hogset of tobacco was gon hee went in a
                   short time after to Mr Tumors hows hee one to the place whear the
                   hogset of tobacco lay and hee braught him word that the tobacco was
                   gon befor hee spacke to Mr Turnor of it and then demanded whear
                   the hogset of tobacco was hee receaued of him and hee answeared
                   him that it was in the place whear it was receaued and this deponant
                   Replyed why doe you deale so unhansomly by me you haue payed
                   away my tobacco and after sum words passed and hee Confesed that
                   hee had disposed of it whearupon this deponant demanded why hee
             [p. 136     did not acquaint him with it befor hee disposed of it his answer
                   was that hee had not time and hee further asked him why hee did not
                   acquaint him with it afterwards hee hauing seuerall times seene him
                   since his answer was that hee did thincke to haue marked the next