Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—1670.     141

     Randall in his Life time in the quantitie of 630 lb of tobaccoe upon Liber D
     Accot of Severall goods Delivered to the Defendt by the said Richard
     now decd And the Plaintifes being Adminrs of the said Richards estate
     have Demanded the said tobaccoe of the Defendt but are denyed
     Payment of the same And Thereupon they bring their Suite.
       Whereupon the Defendt Entereth for his Plea That he Denyeth
     not to have had the goods amounting to the value abovesaid but
     alleadged tht he Receaved the same in Satisfacon of tobaccoe lent
     to the said Richard in his Life time and to Prove the same Pro-
     duceth a Note under the said Richard's hand, & thereupon the Court
     dismissed the Action wth the Consent of the Plaintifes

       John Hobbs Cooper Entereth Mr James Lyndsey geni his
     Attorney wth full power to Act in anie busines belonging to him the
     said Hobbs; or to Constitute anie other Attorney under him.

       John Hutch inson Entereth this following Marke of his hogges [p.4]
     and Cattell (vizt) Cropt on both Eares and a Slitte in the Right,
     and overkeel'd in the Left.
       Jeremie Kennedie Entereth this following Marke of his hogges
     and Cattell (vizt) Two slitts in each eare and a hole in each eare.

     At a Court held in Charles County on the eighth Day of September
                       Anno Dni 1668
         Justices               Mr Henry Adams    Mr Tho. Mathews
         present                Mr James Lyndsey  MT Zachariah Wade
                      Mr Francis Pope

       George Harris being Summoned before the Court to Answer to
     what Should be Alleadged against him by one Joane Lang ford
     made his appearance, and the said Joane accusing the said George
     for begetting a Bastard Child on her Body, and for Nonperformance
     of his promise to Marry her, or set her free thereupon It was
     ordered That the said George Harris should Remaine in the Sherrifes
     Custody till he produced Sufficient Security by Bond to be passed
     to the Sherrife for the Payment of the just quantity of Sixteen
     Thousand pounds of tobaccoe in Case the said George should not
     keep and Save harmles the County of Charles County from the
     keeping & Maintaining a Bastard Child gotten by him the said
     George on the said Joane Langford as aforesaid, and further that
     the said George should Satisfie the quantity of Two hundred and
     fifty pounds of tobaccoe to the Wife of John Cofer for tending on
     the said Joane in her Laying in.
       Be it Remembred That the aforesd George Acknowledged in Court
     his Desire to Pay and Satisfie the quantity of five hundred pounds