380Talbot County Court Proceedings, 1662-1674.




        Liber BB Shewith That yor Petitioner haueing bought &c and now possesed
          No.2 of A man servant named Miles Grace of his Right mr as will

              appeare, and the said man haueing made his Cropp Cornelius
              Comiges your Petitioner haueing all proffitts redounding from his
              Cropp assigned him by his master which the said Comegges did
              always promiss to pay and perform to yor Petitioner; butt now
              Equivocates and fraudelently detains to himself e, this proued your
              petitioner Craueth Order for the said Cropp according to propor
              tion the said sefant haueing neare finished his Cropp, and yor peti
          [p. 33] tioner always Provided and tendered means for the striping and
              fineshing of the said Cropp, the said Cornelius for ought I see or
              heare, wilfully Ommitting all opportunities of that or paying his
              debts; am forced to this Remedy which can only make him honest;
              and Craue order to be possest of the same with Cost of suite and
              your Pettitioner Shall Ever pray

               The Plant makeing his Declaration appeare the Court haue ordered
              that the deft shall pay A proportionable part of Tobacco and Corne
              to the the Plantf hee allowing Two hundred forty flue pounds of
              Tobacco for Cloaths that the said servant had of him and the deft
              to pay Cost of suite Likewise.

              Mr James Ringold plant
                 d             In an action of th Case
              Rich Hutchings def
               To the Worshipfull Commissioners for Talbott County the humble
              petition of James Ringold.
               Shewith That yor Petitioner bought Three Barills of Indian Corne
              of Richard Hutchings for Eighty pounds of Tobacco p Barill, which
              was the Demand of the said Hutchings & no more, and the said
              Hutchings promissed when the Come was geathered he would giue
              yor petitioner notice thereof, tht he might fetch it, Butt since he hath
              sold the Corne and denays deliuery of it, as by agreement; the prnisses
              Considered your Petitioner humbly Craues order for the said Corne,
              and your petitioner is ready to make satisfaction Ether in goods or
              Tobaccos for the said Corne and yor petitioner Shall Ever pray

               The Deposition of John Gossip aged Twenty Two yeares or there
              abouts, sworne in open Court/
               Saith That mr James Ringold did buy Three Barills of Indian
              Come of Richard Hutchings for Sixty p Barell, and that the said
              Hutchings did promiss to send mt Ringold word when the Corne
              was Geathered, And further saith nott

               Mr James Ringold Did Testifie the same (as aboue) upon oath in
              oppen Court:

               The Court granted order to the plaintiff for the said Corne with
              Cost of suite.