Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666,     63

          Then the Cryer made Proclamacon saying     Liber FF
     Yow Good men that be impannelld to enquire for the Rigt Honble
   the Lord Proprietary for the Body of this Prouince answere to yor
   names euery man at the first Call upon paine and perill that shall fall
   thereon
     Then the Grand Jury was called by theire names Who appeared [p. 294]
   & answered thereto which are as followeth
   Foreman Wm Bretton         John Bayley
        Thomas Phillips       George Marshall
        Henry Parker          Henry Hare
        Thomas Paggett        James Veitch
        Demetrius Cartwright  Tho: Studd
        Fran: Swinfeild       John Grammer
        John Powick           Sam. Prickloue
     They all being sworne The Charge was giuen them wth the Indictmt
   and the depositiones of the wittnesses excepting Nico Gosha who
   declared what he knew therein before the Jury departed

     The Grand Jury returnes into Court and deliuers in the bill (uizt)
   Billa Vera Endorced on the back side
     The Jurors for the Rigt Honble the Lord Propr doe prsent that To be
   Francis Carpenter of Choptanck riuer in Talbott County the 20th
   day January 1665 att the plantacon of him the said Carpentr in (uizt) p
   Choptanck riuer in Talhott County aforesaid, by force and Armes
   an Assault on Samuell Youngman serut to him the sd Carpentr did
   make, and wth a Certaine Stick wch the said Carpenter then and there
   in his right hand did hold a Certaine mortall wound of the breadth of
   two fingers and One finger depth being in shape three pointed did
   giue, and that the said Fran: Carpenter

     The Grand Jury dismist
     Then the Cryer made Proclamacon for any prson that had any Eui-
   dence to giue in agst the Prisoner to doe it forthwth
     Noe more prsons appearing
     The Prisoner being sett to the Barre and askt Whether Guilty of [p. 295]
   the felony whereof he stands indebted or not Guilty, Answered Not
   Guilty being askt how hee would be tryed, Answered by God and the
   Country
     Sherriffe returnes the names of the Petty Jury (uizt)
   Foreman Tho: Hinson            Tho: Hatton   John Ringould
      Wm MoffettGeo: Beckwith     Tho: South
      Wm Groome       Abra: Rowse Timo Gooddridge
      Jno Floyd       Samp: waring Tho: Edmunds
     Yow good men that be impannelld to Enquire between the Rigt
   Honble the Lord Propr and the Prisoner att the Barr answere to
   yor names euery man at the first call upon paine & perill that shall
   fall thereon