184       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1667.

         Liber FF After a while the plt comes into Court and deliuers his Surre-
              joinder to the Defendts said Rejoinder, wherein they prayeth that the
              said defendts may Answere to some few Interrogatories therewth to
              the Cort prsented
               which said Interrogatories were put to the defts who answered to
              them upon Oath
               After which the plt desires a day may bee appointed for him to
              put in some other Interogatorys and then to proceed to the Examina-
              eon of wittnesses and after publicacon of the whole matter from
              this Honble Court to proceed to a hearing
               Ordered that the plt doe put in his said Interrogatories to the
              Chancellor by munday next being the 22th day of this month of
              Aprill
               Richard Wells senr one of these defendth being to depart the Prou-
              ince uery suddainely, It was therefore desired by the plt: That the
              said defendt may haue some prson responceable for the Judgmt &
              Cost hee shall recouer agt hime,
               Whereupon the said Richard Wells Senr declared in Core that hee
              hath Constituted his sonn Richd Wells Junr his true & law full Attor-
              ney to sue and be sued


               Upon the petn of Jno Boague Ouerseer of the Estate of Mary
              Bateman decd: It is Ordered that the said Boague haue Attachmt agt
              the Estate of John pltt for the sume of Two Thowsand Three hun-
              dred Thirety Six pounds of tobaccoe being soe much due to the Estate
              of the said Mary Bateman from the Said pltt upon two bills under
              the said pltts his hand


        [p. 468] Joseph Hackney aged forty yeares or thereabouts sworne on the
              Ninth day of Aprill One thowsand six hunded sixty seaven saith
               That there was Sixe head of cattle given to william Gwither by
              Captn William Hawley his Godfather and tht wth some of theis Cattle
              (vizt) Three heifers with calfe did purchase & buy the gray Mare
              maked eid now in the possession of the sd William Gwyther & claimd
              by him as his proper Goods & chattles

               Nicholas Gwither aged sixteene years or thereabouts sworne on
              the same Day idem Joseph Hackney as Supra Verbatim

               William Gard aged five & twenty yeares or thereabouts sworne
              saith
               That about the beginning of March last and often sithence the
              said William Gard hath heard John pltt say as well to John Treris
              as himselfe Speaking concerning the Entring of their Vessells tht
              Neither the said John Treris nor himselfe needed not to feare any