318       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668.

       Liber FF   Henry Cox Attorny of Thomas Dennis Morecroft p complainant
             agt Wm Berry
               The Complainant preferres his bill in Chancery against the deft,
             the deft putts in his place Thomas Notley
               This cause resplted till next provinciall Court.

               Grace Hatton the wile of John Hatton of S Maries County being
             bound Over to appeare at this Court upon Suspltion of Felony was
             now cleared by proclamacon.

               Susan Hunt of the County of Calvert being bound over to appeare
             at this Court to answer such things as should be Objected against
             her On the behalf e of the Lord proprietary was now Cleared by
             proclamation.

               Upon the petition of philip Conner Sonn of philip Connor late
             of the County of Kent deceased
               Ordered that John Wright Father in Law to the petitioner be
             admitted Guardian to the said petitioner.

       [p. 609] John Medley petitioneth the Court that Coll William Evans (the
             Surviving Trustee in the testament of his late deceased Father
             named) may render an accompt of his trust therein and that the peti-
             tioner may be putt in possession of his estate now in the hands of
             the said Cot! Evans the petitioner being at age.

               Ordered that at next Provinciall Court Coil William Evans bring
             in his accompt of the estate of the Said deceased in his possession
             that Such distribution thereof may be made as to the Court shall
             seeme fitt

             To the Honble the Governour and Councell for the Province of
             Maryland.
               The Humble request of Henry Coursey One of the members of
             this Court is to your Honrs.
               That whereas there is a cause depending between Mr Cuthbert
             Witham of London and Mr Jonathan Sibrey of Wye River in Tal-
             bott County the said Cuthbert did Out of malitious and base mind
             accuse your petitioner of Bribery in the Same Saying that positively
             I did or that positively he heard I the said Coursey had taken or
             secured to me tenn thousand pounds of tobacco to carry On and
             manage the said Sibreys buisnesse against the said Witham.
               Now may it please your Honrs to Observe that the reputation of
             this Court as well as your petitioners lyeth at stake that is in case
             you continue a member of the Court that may be so corrupted as the
             said Witham alleadgeth unpunished if found Guilty, the whole repu-
             tation of the same falls according to that rule in Chirurgery if any