Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666. 29

      Tho:    Browne sworne saith he was att Mr Hempsteds howse and he Liber FF
    did shew him some things and askt him if they would doe but can-
    not say much to the accompt except the broad Cloth and and some
    other few things and further saith not
      Barnaby Jackson sworne saith, that William Hempsted and Abra-
    ham Rowse was att his howse and Rowse then demanded his Goods
    of Hempsted which were att his howse, but this deponant neuer saw
    any of the thinges, and Hempsted told him that he had none of his
    Goods if he had he would deliuer them to him Whereupon Rowse
    bid this deponant take notice of it that he denyed to deliuer him
    his Goods and further saith not
      William Gaskin sworne in Court saith, That he knowes nothing
    of the Goods, but he saw mr Rowse once haue a Gunn but not that
    he left it wth Mr Hempsted and heard Hempsted say that he had
    none of his Goods, but it was fitting the said Rowse should make
    him sattisfaccon for what he owes him and further this deponant
    saith not
      TJppon hearing of all Euidences wth the substance of the whole
    matter on either side, It is thought most Conuenient to impannell
    a Jury to goe upon the meritts of the whole Cause
      Ordered a Jury be impanneled against tomorrow morninge and [p. 235]
    that the sherriffe then make returne thereof

       Court adjourn'd untill 8 of the Clock To morrow morning
       All mett on the 4th day of Aprill 1666 and prsent as yesterday

Abraham Rowse plt: Both partyes appearing in Court declared

    Wm Hempsteed defendtf they held the bussiness Compounded
      Maryland By Vertue of a Commission from the Rigt Honble
    Caecilius Lord and Proprietary of this Prouince &c: Under the Test
    of the Honble Philip Caluert Esq sealed wth the lesser seale of the
    said Prouince Bearing date att St Marys the 6th day of January last
    past in the 34th yeare of the Dominion of the said Lord Proprietary
    being the yeare 1665, Directed unto Us whose names are hereunto
    subscribed and seales affixed thereby impowring us to ueiw the papers
    of Marmaduke snow gent and Mr John Foxhall merchant Relateing
    to seuerall accompts depending betweene the said Marmaduke Snow
    plt and John Foxhall deft, according to the tenor of the said Commcon
    Wee therefore in Obedience to the said Commcon on the day therein
    appointed mett together att Bushwood Plantacon in St Marys County
    on Wiccocomoco riuer and Calling before Us the said Snow and
    Foxhall demanded theire seuerall papers and Euidences in relacon
    to theire seuerall accompts menconed in the said Commission and
    uppon dilligent ueiw of all papers and Euidences unto Us produced
    Relating thereunto, Wee doe according to the best of Our Judgmts