624    Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666.

            Liber B To the worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County the humble
                  Petition of Marmeduke Snow Sheweth
                   That whearas upon the 28th of January 1664 your petitioner did
                  pas his word for the payment of six hundered forty and seauen
                  pounds of tobacco and Caske and upon the behalf of brigit Heard
                  deced unto John foxhall of St Maries County Marchant for seuerall
                  good which the sayd Brigit heard had of the sayd foxhall and the
                  sayd heard neglecting the payment of the sume your petitioner was
                  Constrained by the Commissioners of St Maries County in Nobr
                  Court 1665 to pay the sayd sume unto the sayd foxhall thearfor your
                  petitioner Craues order of Court for the sayd debt from John Duglas
                  as Administrator of Brigit heard and your petitioner shall pray

                   Whearupon John Duglas as Administrator of Brigit Heard Con-
                  fesed a Judgment It is thear for ordered that the sayd John Duglas
                  as Administrator of Brigit Heard shall pay unto Mr Marmeducke
                  Snow six hundered and forty seauen pounds of tobacco out of the
                  Estate of the sayd Brigit Heard:

            [p. 525] Michell Pickering Plt: Robert Hundly Deft
                   To the worshipfull Commissioners of Charleses County the humble
                  Petition of Michell Pickering Sheweth
                   That your Petitioner hath sarued flue years and upwards Corn-
                  ing in without Indenturs beeing then i8 years of Age and hath
                  demanded his fredom with Corne and Cloaths of Mr Robert Hendly
                  his Master but is denied the same Contrary to an Act of Assembly
                  in that Case Prouided for the Court iudging of Saruant tims beeing
                  neuer braught to Court in tow years time Your Petitioner there-
                  fore humbly begs an order from this Court for his freedom with
                  Corne and Cloaths and hee shall Pray

                   An order beeing sent from the Prouinciall Court to this Court to
                  tacke the plantiues buisnes into Consideration whearupon it was
                  Cast upon A Jury to iudge of the Plantiues Age hauing had Presi-
                  dent thearof from the Prouinciall Court in the licke Case; A Jury
                  was impannelled whos names are as followeth Viz Mt Thomas Al-
                  lonson John Lambert Mathias Obrian Owen Joanes John browne
                  George Harriss Roger Dickeson James Mackey Garrard browne
                  Jheromie [blank] Thomas Wentworth Daniell Johnson
                   Thay All being Present thay wear Required by the then Judg of
                  the Court Mr Thomas Mathews to Choose their forman who thear-
                  upon Choas Mr Thomas Allonson for thear forman Whearupon
                  the Jury beeing in open Court Sworne (had the whole buisnes de-
                  liuered) to bring in a true and just verdit According to the best of
                  their understandings and judgments
                   Who afterward Retiring and after dew Consideration had on the
                  aforsayd buisnes: Presented themselues againe befor the Court; and