Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.     375

      That Whearas your Petitioner hath bin defamed by James boulin Liber B
    by saying that a Caiph which your petitioner had fallen from a Cow
    hee had of Mr Bradshows was lining unles your petitioner had killed
    it and your petitioner can sufficiently Proue how that Calph Came by
    its end and not by your petitioners will The Premisses Considered
    your Petitioner humbly Craueth Relife with Cost and Charge of suit
    and your petitioner as in dutie bound shall euer pray &c

      And for the Confirmation of the sayd Petition the Plantiue humbly
    Requesteth that his euidences might haue thean oath giuen them which
    was granted:

      Mr George Bradshow sworne and examined in open Court sayeth
    that hee beeing and the Count last aprill or thearabouts Mr Arthur
    Turner Came to him and told him that his Calph was killed by a
    wolfe or woolfes had killed it and further sayeth that Mr Turnor
    tooke up the Calph without his order and further sayeth not:

    and the Plantiue desireth that the sayd bradshow might haue his oath [p. 143]
    giuen him thearupon to declare what hee hard Jame bouling say Con
    cerning the death of the sayd Calph which was granted

      Mr George Bradshow sworne and examined in open Court sayeth
    that beeing heare the last Court James boulin came to him and tould
    him that hee had baught a Cow and a Calph and a steare of Daniell
    Jonson which was mine but I told him I did not sell him a Calph for
    the Calph was dead as Mr Turner told this deponant and the sayd
    boulin answered this deponant that hee Coold Proue that the Caiph
    was aliue in August and beliue that it was now lining and further
    sayeth not:

      Mr Daniell Johnson Sworne and examined in open Count Sayeth
    that hee heard James boulin say that hee woold find the Calph for it
    was aliue if it was not killed and eaten and further sayeth not:

      Mary hews Sworne and Examined in open Court sayeth that shee
    milked the Cattell ouer night and left them very well all of them and
    in the morning shee found the caiph dead that belonged to the Cow
    that belonged to John Ashbrook and she com in to Mr Turner and
    told her that shee had found the Calph of John Ashbnooks Cow dead
    by the fence side and that Mr Turnor and his wife came and sckined
    it and threw it out to the hogs and further sayeth not:

      Elisabeth Wilson swonne and examined in open Court sayeth that
    shee saw the Calph dead by the fence side betimes in the morning and
    further sayeth not:

      Lione Pritton sworne and examined in open Count sayeth that
    thear was a Caiph brought horn to Mr Turners hows dead and fur
    ther sayeth not: