Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668. 367

       Thirdly the defendt doth further giue the speciall matter in Eui- Liber FF
     dence that she hath fully Administred and paid beyound Assetts where- [p. 667]
     upon she Exhibites to the Court her Accompt of her said Administra-
     con which being not yet settled or Allowed of by the Ordinary, and
     neither pty hauing more to alleadge to the Court or Jury in or Con-
     cerning the matter now in question before them they are Ordered to
     goe forth and Consider of theire Verdict, which was onely (as they
     was told by the Court) to finde how much the said Thomas Leitch-
     worth remain'd endebted to the plt upon the Euidence they haue heard
      those letters and Accompts undr the said Leitchworths hand which
     was then deliuered them In Court to ueiw and peruse
       Whereupon the Jury wthdrew to Consider &c

     Reymond Staplefort plt Morecroft p quer
     John Auery defendt
       A Caepi Corpus being return'd by the sherriffe of Somersett
     County and the defendt not appearing, It is ordered that the said
     Sherriffe be Amerced Fourty Shillings

       John Pimmett being taken upon Suspicon of murdering Thomas
     Edwards, is Cleard by Proclamacon noe person appearing to giue
     Euidence agt him

       Complaint being made to the Justices that there is no Coroner
     that liues about the lower parts of Petuxent riuer, since Mr Richard
     Collett is decd to serue in his Office if any other person should be
     found dead as the aboue menconed Tho: Edwards
       Wherefore Ordred by the Leiutennt Generall that Mr George
     Beckwith be for hence forward One of the Coroners Chosen &
     Elected for Caluert County to doe and Exercise the sd Office of
     Coroner soe long and during the Ld Proprietarys or his Lt Generalls
     pleasure therein

       Christian Banister wife to Henry Banister being bound Ouer by
     Bond to the Lord Proprietary to Prosecute Thoth: Hopkins upon
     some Complaints by her made to the Honble Philip Caluert Escp which
     said Hopkins making his appearance and no person coming in agst
     him,
       It is therefore Ordred that the said Xtian Banister doe make her
     personall appearance att the next Prouinall Court to answere what
     shall bee Objected agt her for her not appearing to prosecute &c: and
     in the meane while to be of her good behauiour
     Oliuer Gery plaintiffJenifer p quer
     Eliz: Leitchworth the Admx of Calnert p deft
       Thomas Leitchworth Defendant
       The Jury returnes into Court wth theire Verdict in the Cause now
     depending between the plt & deft: And being all Called Answered to