Provincial Court Proceedings, 1670. 573

      Provinciall Cott of St Maries the said Thirteenth day of December Liber JJ
      come aswell the within named Henry Hooper as the within named
      William Burges Thomas Taylor & Samuel Chew by their Attornyes
      within named, And the Jurors of the Jury whereof within is made
      mencon beinge Called some of them (that is to say) George Beck-
      with, Robert Wilson, Richard Keene, Justinian Denison, George
      Taylor George Harris, Thomas Tovey & Nicholas Emerson & are
      Sworne Jurors of the Jury aforesaid & because the Rest of the Jurors
      of that Jury did not appeare Therefore others of the standers by
      Chosen by the Sherriffe of the County aforesaid att the request of
      the said Henry Hooper & by the Comand of the Justices aforesaid
      of new are added whose names are flied to the Pannell within written
      Accordinge to the forme of the statute in that Case made & Provided,
      And the Jurors of new added (that is to say) Marmaduke Symmes
      William Watts John Bayly & Thomas Gaunt likewise come whoe to
      say the Trueth of the prmisses with the other Jurors Chosen Tryed &
      Sworne say uppon their Oath That they the said William Burges
      Thomas Taylor & Samuell Chew are Guilty of the prmisses within
      written.
        And because the Jurors have not Assessed what damages the said
      henry hath Susteyned by Occasion of the ptmisses, And because the
      Justices heere themselves of & uppon the prmisses without Knowl-
      edge of the True Value of the damages that the said Henry Hooper
      hath susteyned by Occasion of the prmisses cannot Rightly Consider
      & Adjudge Therefore Judgemt is resplted till the last day of this
      prsent It is Ordered by the Cort heere with the Assent & Agreemt
      of the Attornyes on both sides & by the Cort heere that noe Excep-
      tiones for any Error shall be taken to the verdict on either side it
      beinge left to the Judgemt of the Cort And the Cort Ordered that
      a Writt of Inquiery of the damages should yssue forth to the Sher-
      rife of St Maries County to be directed to Impannell a Jury of
      Twelve good & Lawfull men of the said Province to Enquire what
      damages the said Henry Hooper had Susteyned by Occasion of the
      prmisses
        Afterwards to witt the sixteenth day of the same December in
      the Same Provinciall Cort A Certaine writt of Inquiery of damages
      yssued out of the Same Cott to the said sherriffe of St Maries County
      directed to Comand him the said Sherriffe That he Cause ithediately
      to Come before the Justices of the prsent Provinciall Cort holden att
      St Maries Twelve good & Lawfull men of the said Province to En-
      quire what Damages the aforesaid Henry Hooper hath susteyned
      Aswell by Occasion of the prmisses aforesaid As for his Charges &
      Costs by him about his suite in that behalfe laid out.
        Afterwards to witt the Seaventeenth day of the same December att [p. 116]
      the same Cort before Charles Calvert Esqr Cheife Justice & other
      his Associates Justices of the said Provinciall Cort att St Maries came