Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—1674.     371

    Said Sa: Cressey & doe hereby Constitute & ordaine the Said Sam Liber E
    Cressey my true & irrevocable Atturny for me & in my name & to his
    owne proper use & behoofe to use all Lawfull meanes for the re-
    covery of the Same & doe Authorize him to appoint one or more
    Atturneys under him & them att his pleasure to revoke Ratifying &
    obliging myselfe to hold for firme & Stable whatsoever my Said
    Atturney Shall doe or Cause to be done in & Concerning the premises
    as if done by myselfe or I were there personally present In wittnes
    whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seale this 12th day of
    March 1671               fran: Ferneley (locus
    Signed Sealed & Dellivered             .
                              his marke    Sigilli)
      in prsence of
        Richard R Roe
           his marke
           who being Sworne in open Court Saith that the above
           written Letter of Atturney is the act & deed of fra: fernley.

      Upon a reference Since the last Court in a matter of difference
    Between Edward Maddock plt & Tho: Warner deft in a plea of debt.
      The plt declaring agst the Deft for the Sume of two thousand
    pounds of tobaccoe due by bill bearing date the 16th day of november
    1671 payable upon demand which bill being in Court produced the
    Deft acknowledged it to be his act & deed whereupon the Court gave
    Judgemt agt the Deft for the Said Sume of two thousand pounds of
    tobaccoe the Bill of Costs hereunder written
         To Atturneys Fees              060
         To Attendance 2 Courts 2 dayes Each Cort     120
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    Thomas Galley plt Richard Fowkes Deft
         In an accon of trespas
      And whereupon the Said Thomas Galley Complaineth that whereas
    the Said Richard Fowke on the Last day of march in the xxxviiith
    yeare of the dominion of Caecilius &c by force & armes the Close of
    him the Said Tho: Galley at St Barbaras mannor did breake & the
    Fence thereupon & one Sixty foot tobaccoe house did burne & with
    fire Consume to the ground & & other Enormities to him did there
    doe against the peace &c whereupon the Said Thomas Saith he is
    worse & hath Lost to the vallew of three thousand pounds of tobaccoe
    & thereupon he bringeth his Suite
      And the deft Came & defended the force & injury when &c & Saith
    he is in nowise guilty of the Said trespas here alledged agst him &
    of this he putts himself e on the Country & the Sd Plt in Like manner
      wherefore a venire facias was directed to the Sheriff who returned
    a pannell of twelve men whose names are hereunder written by the