412    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

               Liber B unto Daniell Hutt for mee the sayd Robert Robins witnes my hand
                   this Presant year 166o           Robert Robins
                     The defendant hearupon Produced an other Receipt (Viz)
                     Receaued this of January 166o from William Empson and
                   Thomas Baker in Part of a bill of one thowsand too hundered sixty
                   flue pounds tobacco baring daet the eight of June 166o the sum of
                   flue hundered pounds of tobacco I say Receaued Robert Robins
                   & Thomas Baker interlined befor Assigment
                  Test:  Wiff Craford
               [p. 196]  Whearupon the Plantiue Produced this ensuing note
                     I doe Certifle to whom it may Concerne that about the year 166o
                   Robert Robins gaue mee a discharge for about four or flue hundered
                   pounds of tobacco unto William Empson beeing part of twelue hun
                   dered and odde pounds dew from the sayd Emson and Tho: Baker
                   unto the sayd Robins and that I sent one william Cundy my Carpinder
                   for the sayd Tobacco who deliuered the sayd discharg upon the Re
                   ceipt of the tobacco as witnes my hand this 28th of October 1663
                                                      Dany Hutt

                     Whearupon the Plantiue alleaged and affirmed that boath thees
                   Receipts wear for one and the same hogset of tobacco and that the
                   Receipt baring dact the 2d of January 166o for flue hundered pounds
                   of tobacco was the receipt Procured by Mr Daniell Hutt from him for
                   the defendant and to him sent by one William Cundy from the sayd
                   Hutt which when the Plantiue and defendant after was met the de
                   fendant denied to haue receaued any receipt for the hogset before
                   mentioned and Requested the plantiue giue him a receipt for the sayd
                   hogset waying four hundered flinty and nine pounds of tobacco on
                   the back of the sayd bill: which hee did according unto the defendants
                                   Request:
                     Whearupon the defendant alleageth that hee was to discount too
                   hundered pounds of tobacco for the use of his boat and ten pounds
                   of tobacco for a shilling which the plantiue had of him and humbly
                   Requested that Richard Dod and William Gother might haue thear
                   oath taken and the plantiue Requesteth that W Robert Hundly and
                   George Newman might haue thear oath taken both whos Request
                   wear granted and the oaths as followeth:

                     Richard Dod Sworne and examined in open Court sayeth that hee
                   heard Robert Robins say that hee had Receaucd of a bill of Thomas
                   Bakers and William Empsons for the use of a boat and for the worke
                   that hee the sayd Robins was to doe about the hows too hundered or
                   too hundered and fifty pounds of tobacco but this deponant knows not
                   whether of the sums and further sayeth not

                     William Gother Sworne and Examined in open Court sayeth that
                   about too years agoe hee heard of sum differance that was Between