140 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—16 70.

         Liber D Miles Chaffe Defendt made his Personall appearance to Defend
               the Suite Comenced agt him by the said Walter Pake as aforesd
                The Plaintife entered William Price and the Defendt entered
               George Thompson as their Attorneys in the said suite
                Whereupon the Plaintifes Declaracon was read in Crt to the
               effect as followeth (vizt)

               To the Worple the Commissionrs of Charles Countie.
                Walter Pake Plaintife Miles Chaffe Defendt
                          In a plea of Debt
                And Whereupon the Plaintife Complaineth agt the Defendt For
               tht tht is to Say That Whereas the said Miles became indebted to
               the said Walter in the full and just quantitie of Seaven hundred
               Ninetie five pounds of tobaccoe for the true Payment of wth the
           [p.3]    sd Miles gave Bill to the said Walter Now soe it is tht the said
               Miles being a Nonresident person, and having no setled estat or
               setled Place of abode in anie part of this Province the said Walter
               humbly Craves tht this WorPle Court Require the said Miles to give
               him Sufficient Securitie for the Payment of the said Debt And &c.
                Hereupon the Defendts Attorney entered his Plea that Secundum
               Actionem Nihil adhuc debet, & tht the Defendt is noe nonresident
               person because he had agreed for his Accomodacon this yeare within
               this Countie and hath undertaken Severall Imployments whereby
               to enable him to Pay the aforesaid Debt
                The Premises Considered the Judgment of the Court is tht the
               Writt of Arrest not Specifleing anie Securitie tht the Defendt should
               give, but onlie tht he should be taken into the Custodie of the
               Sherrife upon a Plea of Debt when as yet the said Debt was not
               due, nor Recoverable Therefore the Defendt ought not to be Com-
               pelled to give Security for the same
                Whereupon William Price Attorney of Walter Pake the Plaintife
               Craveth an Appeale to the Provinciall Court wch is graunted
                Ordered Therefore That the Plaintife have Libertie to transmit
               a Coppie of the Proceedings of the Court in this Cause to the Pro-
               vinciall Court attested under the Clerkes hand.

                Mr Joseph Harrison & Mr Stephen Montague Administratrs of
               the estate of Richard Randall Decd Plaintifes came and made their
               appearance this Crt to Prosecute the Suite Comenced by them
               against Ignatius Causeen Defendt in a Plea of Trespasse upon the
               Case.
                Ignatius Causeen Defendt Came and made his Personall appear-
               ance this Court to Defend the Suite Comenced agt him by the said
               Adminrs as aforesd.
                Hereupon the Plaintifes in their Declaracon Complaine agt the
               Defendt for tht tht the Defendt was indebted to the said Richard