Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.     459

      And it beeing prooued that the undersheriff Mr Abraham Rows Liber B
    had giuen a discharge for that very execution It is thearfor ordered
    that the heigh Sheriffe Mr Francis Pope pay unto Mr Benjamin Roser
    fourteen hundered and fifty six pounds of tobacco

    Thomas Baker the Atturney of James Neale the Atturney Mis Mary
      Baetman Administratrix of John Baetman Esq Plantiue
    Mr Thomas Thomas Stone by his Atturney William Price Defendant
    This buisnes beeing Respited from the last Court the Plantiue Pro-
    duceth his letter of Atturney which is as followeth (Viz)
      I James Neale Esq doe hearby Constitute nominaet and Appoynt [p. 272]
    Thomas Baker gent: to bee my trew Lawfull and Certaine Atturney
    for mee and in the name of Mis Mary Baetman widow to aske de-
    mand Leuy Recouer and Receaue of Thomas Stone gent: three hun-
    dered and sixty pounds of tobacco in Caske and of thomas Burdit
    Gent: the sum of flue hundered and sixty pounds of tobacco in Caske
    and what my sayd Atturney shall lawfully doe in or about the
    Premisses to ratifie Confirme affirme and allow of as if I wear person-
    ally present and did doe the same as witnes my hand this 27th of feb:
    Ao 1663/4                         James Neale
   Witnes     Annamaria Neale
         James Neale

      Whearupon William Price Produced his letter of Atturney as
    followeth
      Know all men by thees Presents that I Thomas Stone Gent: doe
    macke and ordaine my f rind William Price to my Atturney to answer
    in an action depending betweene Mis Baetman and mee the sayd
    Thomas Stone giuing unto my sayd Atturney as full Power as any
    Atturney may might or Coold haue hearby ratifling and Confirming
    all and whatsoeuer my sayd Atturney shall doe or Cause to bee done
    as witnes my hand this 7th day of March 1663/4 Tho: Stone
    testes James Lendsey Gerrard Broune

      Whearupon the defendant alleaging that the plantiues order and [p. 273]
    power is to sew Mr Tho: Stone upon debt dew by bill and hee not
    beeing able to produce a bill of the sayd stones the defendant Craueth
    an abaetment of the writ which is granted:

      William Robisson doth Couenant grant and agree to and wth the
    Commissioners of this County for fifteen hundered pounds of to—
    bacco to make build and finish A paer of stocks Pillary whiping post
    and ducking stole by the 3d of Aprill next ensuing the daet hearof if
    Possibly Hee can.

      Persons Nominated for the Gour to Elect a sheriff of this County
    for this ensuing year (Viz) Mr Thomas Mathews Mr Zachery Waed
    Mr William Marshall