604    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

           Liber B Whearupon John Wheeler Richard Trew and Walter Cooper de-
                 manded for their Charges of four days tendance one hundered and
                 twenty pounds of tobacco apeece which was granted them And
                 thearfor ordered that the Phantiue shoold pay unto the aboue men-
                 tioned partys one hundered and twenty pounds of tobacco apeece

                 Vincent Young P his Atturney the Plantiue aresting the defen-
                 John Stone Medicus Plantiue dant in an action of the Case Pre-
                 Mathias Obrian P his Atturney fereth his declaration as followeth:
                   Mr William Price Defendant

                 Vincent Young Plantiue
                 Mathias Obrian Defendant
           [p. 499] The Plantiue declaers against the Defendant in an action of the
                 Case for that the defendant hath receaued and Harbored a Runaway
                 Saruant by name Elisabeth flowers not woold not Returne unto the
                 PIt his Saruant upon demand but Perumptorily Justified the Detinew
                 Quit Contrary to an Act of Assembly entituled an Act touching Run-
                 aways (folio 24 A of the Acts of Assembly) whearfor the Plantiue
                 humbly Craueth that the Defendant (who hath wittingly and will-
                 ingly Detayned the sayd Saruants time aboue specified) may bee Com-
                 pelled by vertue of an order from this Court to Satisfie unto the
                 Plantiue his Damages according to the aformentioned Act of As-
                 sembly with Cost and Charge of Suit

                   Whearupon the Defendant Desiered that the plantiue might bee
                 forced to prone his letter of Atturney which bee Coold not doe eyther
                 by witneses or any other legalh Attestation Whearupon the De-
                 fendant humbly Craued a nonsuit which was granted It is thear-
                 for ordered that the Plantiue shall bee nonsuited and pay the Cost and
                 Charge of suit: Whearupon the Defendant Prefered his bill of
                 Charge in the sayd Actions as followeth

                   An Accoumpt of Charge in Mathias Obrians and Mr Vincent
                 Youngs Buisnes Viz
                 P 2 nonsuits                          lb 100
                 P Atturneys fees boath Courts         lb 120
                 P a day Comeing one day tending & one day returning the
                  first Court                          lb 090
                 P 4 days this Court tht is one Coming too tendance & one
                  Returning                               120
                        the totall surne               lb 430
                 P Samuell Cressey and Jacob Truslow one day apeece
                   beeing subpened to proue the sayd prices letter of
                   Atturney                                60
                                                          490