Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669. 601

        Memorandum that the xviith day of November in the xxxviiith LiberJJ
      yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Dom MDClxix Rich- [p.459]
      and Marsham of Calvert County planter being presented by the grand
      inquest of Calvert County by the information of William Collins
      John Bowlin and George Lingam concerning the death of Jenkin
      Rice his servant which presentment amongst other things was re-
      turned to this Court.
        The said Richard Marsham came the xviiith day of December in
      the yeare aforesaid this present Court and being there personally
      did offer himselfe to the Court to answer the said presentment, and
      being putt into the Custody of the Sheriff of St Maries County, he
      pleaded not guilty and for his tryall putt himsel fe upon the Country
        Wherefore Comand was given to the sheriff of St Maries County
      that he cause ithediately here to come twelve good and law full free-
      men of this province to make a jury to enquire of the truth of the
      premisses, Att which said tyme the sheriff being Comanded to bring
      the said Richard Marsham now prisoner in his Custody to the Barr
      came and the jurors aforesaid being impannelled and called namely
      Thomas Cosden William Kent John Cobreth Jeremiah Markham
      Thomas Hussey Henry Hawkins Richard Morris Thomas Hinton
      Samuel Dickeson George Marshall John Beale and John Heard like-
      wise came who to say the truth of the premisses, and Proclamation
      being made none appeared to give evidence or prosecute him
        Whereupon the said Jurors say upon their Oathes that the said
      Richard Marsham is not guilty of the premisses in the said present-
      ment specified.
        Therefore it is granted by the Court here that the said Richard
      Marsham goe quitt of the said presentment and that the said present-
      ment be quashed.

        The Jurors for the Lord Proprietary of this Province doe present [p.460]
      that Joseph Thompson of Great-Choptanck in the County of Talbott
      Laborer and Henry Gottney of the same place and County Labourer
      the thirtith day of June in the xxxviiith yeare of the Dominion of
      Caecilius &c One young Bull of the price of six pence sterling of
      the goods and Chattells of Edward Cooke of great Choptanck afore-
      said in the County of Talbott aforesaid then and there found,
      feloniously did Steale take Kill and carry away contrary to the Peace
      of the said Lord Proprietary his rule and dignity
        And the said Jurors further present That Peter Bawcomb of Great
      Choptanck aforesaid in the County of Talbott aforesaid their master
      was accessary to the same felony after the fact by receiveing of the
      same contrary to the peace of the said Lord Proprietary his rule and
      dignity.
        And afterwards to witt the twentith day of December in the
      xxxviiith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c aforesaid Comand