260 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—1670.

          Liber D Whereupon Richd Boughton Attr for the Deft Confessed a judged

          for 400 lb of tobaccoe according to the tenoure of the Declar:
                Edwd Maddock Plt came to prosecute the sute by him Comenced agt
               Samll Price
                Samll Price Deft came also & appeared to defend the sute comenced
               agt him by Edwd Maddock
            Edwd Maddock Plt  Samll Price Deft in a plea of trespass upon
                              the Case
                 Whereupon the said Edwd Complaineth agt the said Samll for tht
               whereas the said Samll on the 70 day of Octor in the xxxviii yeare
               of the Dominion of Caecilius & att diverse daies & times since till
               this prsent day had & recd from him the said Edwd diverse parcells of
               phisick & other Attendance amounting to the sume of two hundred
         [p. 165]   pounds of tob as by a particular Acct by the said Edwd here in Court
               produc'd more plainely may appeare in consideracon whereof the said
               Sam” did then Assume on himself & to the sd Edwd did faithfully
               promise tht he the said Sam” the said sume of two hundred & forty
               pounds of tobaccoe to him the said Edwd would well & truly satisfy &
               pay when thereunto required yet never the less the sd Sam” his promise
               & Assumption little minding or regarding but deviseing & fraudulently
               intending him the sd Edwd of the said sume of 240 lb of tob to deceive
               the said sume of two hundred & forty pounds of tob to him the sd
               Edwd although often thereunto by him the said Edward required hath
               not satisfi'd the same but doth altogether refuse to satisfy the same
               whereupon the said Edwd saith he is Damnified & hath Loss to the
               Valew of 350 lb of tob & thereupon he bringeth his suite
                Whereupon this ensueing bill was produced
                  Samll Price Dr Octor the 7 1668
                  To a purge                         30
                  To bleeding you                    20
                  To Cupping you severall tims      150
                  To a Cord jail Bolus              040
                                                     240

        [p. 166] Whereupon the Defd requested the plt might sweare to his Acct
                 Edwd Maddock aged twenty six yeares or there about sworne &
               saith tht the praticular of this Acct are just & true & tht he never
               received any part of Satisfaction
                Whereupon It was ordered tht the Deft satisfy to the Plt 240 lb
               of tob Costs & Chargs of suite or else Execuon.
                Whereupon the plt produced this bill of Costs wch was allowed him
                    To two daies Attendance & goeing & comeing 120 lb

                Mr Wm Britton hath an order granted for Execution his Attachmt
               being Continued twelve months & a day