Provincial Court Proceedings, 1670.     621

    sixtenth day of April in the xxxviiith yeare of his Lopps Dominion Liber JJ
    &c Annoq Dom One thousand six hundred and seventy came the
    said Anthony Le Compt and heareing the said presentment read
    traverses the same, and afterwards to witt the same day came the said
    Anthony with Stephen Gary who undertooke for the said Anthony
    and the said Anthony Lecompt did acknowledge to owe to his Löpp
    the summe of tenn pounds of law full mony of England and the said
    Stephen Gary five pounds of like lawfull mony of their lands or
    Tenements Goods or Chattels to be made for his LOpps Use if the
    said Anthony doe not prosecute with effect his traverse to the present-
    ment aforesaid at the next Provinciall Court

      Upon the returne of the view of the body of Edward Renolds
      Ordered that a Coroner Sumon twelve men and take up the body
    of the said Reynolds and enquire of his death

    Att A Provinciall Cort For the Right Honoble Caecilius Absolute [p. 475]
    Lord & Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland & Avalon Lord
    Barron of Baltemore &c, held att the Citty of St Maries the Thir-
    teenth day of December in the xxxixth yeare of his Lopps Dominion
    Annoq Doth One Thousand six Hundred and Seaventy before
    Charles Calvert Esqr Leivetent Gen” Cheife Governer & Cheife Jus-
    tice Phillipp Calvert Esqr Chancellot & other their Fellow Justices
    to keepe the Peace in the Province of Maryland aforesaid Moreover
    to heare diverse Fellonyes Transgressions & other Misdemeanors in
         the said Province perpetrated & Comitted

      Vincent Loe Gentl was then Sworne Attorney Genll for his Lopp Vincent Loe Sworne
    of this Province Accordinge to the Oath of Attorney Genll of this Att Genll
    Province.

      The Cort beinge Called by Proclamacon, & the Petty Jury beinge
    Sworne, the Persons hereafter menconed weere Tryed uppon the
    Severall Indictmts hereafter menconed.

      The Jurors for the Right honoble the Lord Proprietary Doe pre- Indictrnt
                                                 Cornelius
    sent, That Cornelius Cornell of the County of St Maries in the Prov- Cornell
    ince of Maryland the First day of March in the yeare of our Lord
    God One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Nyne with force & Armes
    &c Att westwood in the County aforesaid the Mansion howse of
    Thomas Gerrard of westwood aforesaid in the County aforesaid
    betweene the bowers of Eleaven & One of the same day Felloniously
    did breake open & Enter and Seaven Hundred of Nayles of the value
    of Fower shillings sterlinge which in the said howse weere then
    Remaininge the aforesaid Cornelius Cornell did Felloniously steale