Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—1670.     235

      Anne Lane aged 25 yeares or thereabouts Sworne & Examined Liber D
     in open Court Saith That She hapned once to be at the Said plts
     house when the Said Defendant was brought home by James Mackey
     & her mistris tooke her & whipt her Saying it was not for her run-
     ning away but for a Childs Clout which She had taken with her
     or lost & farther this deponent Saith that goeing in afterwards to
     Sweep the roome there was a puddle of blood in the room & great
     wounds in her back.
      Lewis Beck aged thirteen yeares or thereabouts Sworne & Ex-
     amined in open Court Saith That that Summer She ran away to
     mr Adames his plantacon when She came home his mother put her
     in irons & another time his mother whipt her & Severall times She
     hath beene beaten for running away but the particular times he cer-
     tainly remembers not and further Saith not
      Whereupon the Jury having retired for Some time & Considered
     the premises returned their verdict & therein found for the deft
     Whereupon the Court gave Judgement against the plaintiff in the
     behalfe of the defendant for costs & charges of Suite & the defendants
     Atturney Richd Boughton preferred this Ensueing bill of Costs.
     To her owne attendance two days att Court att 30 lb diem    60
     To Joseph Dorosall his attendance 2 days 60
     To Edmond Lambert his Attendance 2 days  60
     To Anne Lambert her Attendance 2 dayes   60
     To Anne Lane her Attendance 2 dayes att Court     60
     To Atturneys Fees to the sd Richd Boughton60
                                             360
         Atturnees Fees                       60
                                              420

     Which being by the Court Allowed order was past for the Same.

      Richard Boughton Confesseth Judgment to Benjamin Rozer for
     the Sume of Two thousand Six hundred fifty one pounds of To-
     baccoe.

      Josias Lambert being Attached to Edmond Lendsey in an accon
     of debt for the Sume of 653 lb of Tobaccoe came & Acknowledged a
     Judgement to the Said Edmond Lendsey for the Said Sume of Six
     hundred fifty & three pounds of Tobaccoe.

      Edmond Lendsey ptt Came & appeared to prosecute his Suite [p. 121]
     against William Nevill in a plea of trespasse upon the Case
      William Nevill Came & appeared' to defend the Suite Comenced
     against by Edmond Lendsey as aforesaid, whereupon the plts decla-
     racon was read in Court to the Effect as foll:
      The Sd Edmond Complaineth against the Said william for that
     whereas the Said william the Eighth day of September in the yeare