42     Charles County Court Proceedings, 1658-1662.

               Liber A  hauing accordinglie serued between seauen and eight months untill
                   the sayd Mr Daniell Hut by his misdemenor lost his sayd barke and
                   now your Petitioner demanding his wages according to agreement is
                   denied Payment thearfor your Petitioner entereth his suit Humblie
                   beseeching your worships to tacke it into your considerations and
                   grant order that your Petitioner may haue satisfaction for the time
                   hee hath sarued him with cost and Charges of suit and your Peti
                   tioner shal as in dutie bound pray &c

                    The aforsayd Daniell Hutt hearupon denied that the aforsayd
                   Thomas Michell was hiered by him but affirmeth in open Court that
                   hee was shipped by Mr William Brenton of newport of Road Iland
                   Marchant, and the Plantiue not beeing able to prone the Contrarie
                   thear apeared to this Court no Cause of Actione for the Plantiue
                   against the defendant Thearfor it is ordered that the Plantiue Shoold
                   bee nonsuited

                   Walter Ges Plantiue The Plantiue Aresting the defendant in an
                   Richard Trew Defend Actione of the Case Prefereth his Petitione
                                as falloweth:
                106 To the Honorable Josias Fendall Esq Goü: And the Worshipful
                   Commissioners of Charheses Countie
                    The humble Petitione of Walter Ges humblie Sheweth
                    That whearas your Petitioner baught of Richard Trew a Planta
                   tione and land lung one the westerne side of wicokomeco Riuer in
                   Charleses Countie the Pattent of which Plantatione and land hee the
                   Sayd Trew hath deliuered and made ouer unto an other, The Prem
                   isses beeing taken into your serious considerations your Petitioner
                   most humblie craueth such an order in the Premisses as you shah
                   thinck fit and your Petiti: shal pray

                   the defendant deniing that bee sold any plantatione or land unto
                   the Plantiue whear upon the plantiue desiered that Samuel Harris
                   and Als Harris and william Allen and Elisabeth Attwiks shoold haue
               [p. 52] thear oaths giuen them: which was granted him

                    Samuell Harris Aged 40 years or thear abouts sworne and ex
                   amined in open Court Sayeth that Richard Trew told this deponant
                   that hee the sayd Trew had sold his plantatione unto walter Ges
                   and that hee had giuen the sayd Ges Posessione of his hous and
                   Plantatione and had left him in it and further sayeth not:
                    Ales Harris Aged 48 years or thearabouts sworne & examined
                   sayeth that Richard Trew told this deponant he sitting in a couch in
                   her bows that hee had sold his hows and plantatione unto walter
                   Ges and had giuen him three years day of payment and further
                   sayeth that the sayd Trew told her bee had rather afford the sayd
                   Ges a pennie worth then any man els and further sayeth not, and