622       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1670.

         Liber jj Take and Carry away Contrary to the peace of the Right Honoble the
              Lord Proprietary And the Lawes in that Case made & Provided.
                The witnesses sworne to his Indictmt above menconed weere
              George Groves & Daniell Lawrence.
                Uppon this Indictmt he was Arrained, uppon his Arrainemt he was
              Tryed, And uppon his Tryall he was found not Guilty of the said
              Indictmt Whereuppon Proclamacon beinge made It is the Judgemt
              of the Cort That the said Cornelius Cornell goe quitt of the Indictmt
              above menconed.
        Indictmt The Jurors for the Right Honoble the Lord Proprietary doe prsent,
        Peter Key That Peter Key of St Maries Hundred in the County of St Maries
              Planter the Five & Twentieth day of June in the yeare of our Lord
              One Thousand Six Hundred & Seaventy with force & Armes &c att
              St Johns in the County aforesaid in & uppon Lodowicke Martin in
              the peace of God & the Lord Proprietary then & there beinge did make
              an Assault and Eight shillings sterlinge which in the said Lodowicke
              Martins pockett then & there did Remaine privately & secretly From
              the person of the said Lodowicke Martin Felloniously did steale
              take and Carry away Contrary to the peace of the said Lord proprie-
              tary his Rule & Dignity, And against the Forme of the Statute in that
              Case made & Provided
                The witnesses sworne to this Indictmt last menconed weere Lodo-
              wicke Martin & William Keene.
                Uppon this Indictmt he was Arrained, uppon his Arrainemt he was
              Tryed, And uppon his Tryall he was found not Guilty of the said
              Indictmt Whereuppon Proclamacon beinge made It is the Judgmt of
              the Cort That the said Peter Key goe quitt of the Indictmt above
              menconed.

        [p.476] Whereas by a Certaine Act of Assembly made the Fifteenth of
              September 1663, It was Enacted & Ordained, That what person so-
              ever shall dispose of any Tobaccoe or other Goods Seized on or
              Received by the Sherriffs For Fynes Leavyes or his Lopps Rents or
              other Publique Fees &c, Or that should alter or Scratch out the
              marke of any of the said Tobaccoes soe Received, or should any
              wayes Change the Quallity of the same should undergoe such paines
              and Penaltyes As by the same Act is appointed & Ordained.
        Presentmt Now the Jurors For the Right Honbole the Lord Proprietary uppon
              their Oathes Doe prsent, That Anthony Lecompt of the County of
              Dorcester Planter the Tenth day of November 1669 with Force &

              Armes &c, In a Certaine Tobaccoe howse in the said County of Dor-
              cester standinge, One Hogeshead of Tobaccoe that was Lyinge
              therein, And that was Received & marked for the use of the Lord
              Proprietary by the Officer Appointed to Collect his Lopps dues and
              Other Publique Charges did breake open, And two hundred poundes