538        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1670.

        Liber JJ   thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds of tobacco, And thereupon
              he brings his suite.
               And the said Peter by Robert Carvile his Attorny cometh and
              defendeth the force and injury aforesaid when &c and the said Rob-
              ert saith that he is not informed by his Clyent to say any thing
              against the said Action wherefore it is considered of by the Court
              here that the said John recover against the said Peter the said summe
              of twenty six thousand nine hundred and twelve pounds of tobacco
              with Costs but that execution should stay till the last day of October
              Court next.

               Upon the Petition of William Land that being left freindlesse and
              altogether unable to provid for himselfe and haveing nothing left
              him by his freinds prayes to chuse with whom to live
               Ordered by the Court here to witt the xiith day of April in the
              xxxviiith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c That the said Wil-
              liam Land live with Daniel Devine untill he be eighteene yeares
              of age.

              April xiith MDCIxx
               Thomas Griffith Constable of St Michaels Hundred presents to the
              Court here to serve as Constable the next ensueing yeare for the
              same Hundred George Charlsworth William Thomas Thomas
              Wright or any One of them
               Ordered that George Charlsworth serve as Constable for the same
              Hundred the next ensueing yeare and that warrant issue for him to
              appeare before some one of his LOpps justices to take the Oath of
              a Constable.

        [p.83] To the Honble his Löpps Deputy Governours and Justices in Pro-
              vinciall Court assembled.
               The humble Petition of Richard Boughton of Charles County
              Humbly Sheweth
               That whereas Nicholas Emanson of the said County did in August
              last commence an action of trespas on the case in the County Court
              of the said County against your petitioner and Obtained Order of
              the said Court that Mr Benjamin Rozer before the houseing of the
              rropp should audite your Petitioners and the said Emansons ac-
              compts and that whatsoever appeared upon the said Audit and report
              thereof to be due from your Petitioner to the said Emanson upon the
              ballance of their accompts that then your Petitioner should satisfie
              the same to the said Emanson, And likewise whereas the said Eman-
              son erroniously supposeing the said Order to be a judgment (which
              your Petitioner humbly conceives was none) did neverthelesse even
              without any application of himse!fe to the aforesaid Auditor for
              auditeing the said accompts ithediately take forth a Capias ad satis