582     Charles County Court Proceedings, 1674.

           Liber F    30th day of May in the yeare aforesd Entertaine on servant of the sd
                 John Courtes & there keepe him dureing the time of foure dayes, &
                 again on the third day of June did Entertaine the servant aforesd
                 named Cornelius Peterson & keepe him at worke on the sd John
                 Hartwell his plantacon from the sd third day of June till the eigth
                 day of the same Moneth Contrary to the Act of Assembly afore-
                 menconed, Whereupon the sd John Court prayeth due proceedings
                 in Law against the sd John Hartwell to be made in this behalf e to
                 Answer the sd Lord Proprietarie & the plaintiffe in the premises ac-
                 cording to the forme & effect of the Law, And first to doe &
                 receive what the sd Court of the Lord proprietarie shall Consider
                 of him in this behalfe.

                  And the sd John Hartwell (by John Jones) his Atturney) Comes &
                 defends the force & Injury &c: & sayth hee is not gilty in such man-
                 ner and forme as is within exprest.
                  James Keech sworne & examined in open Court sayth that Mr
                 Henry Warrens Overseer Came & told him tht a boy of theirs was at
                 Mr Hartwells, & this Deponent sayth hee went for him, & when hee
                 came hee was fetching of water, & further this Deponent sayth tht
                 Alexander Lowrie told him that they kept him at worke for feare
                 hee should runaway, & further this Deponent sayth that Ms Hartwell
                 asked him whether John Courte would sell the boy or not, & further
                 sayth not
                  Cornelius Peterson sworne & examined in open Court on the
                 behalfe of the Ld Proprietarie, sayth that on Saturday night Mr
                 Harwells man brought mee from the race house, & told mee that his
                 mr would buy mee, & when I came there M' Hartwell sayd hee would
                 keep mee till munday to see whether I could worke or not, & on
                 Munday I went to worke with the people, & on twesday I went to
                 Mr Warrens quartr to grind howes & further sayth not
                  Whereas it was judged by the Worshipfull the Comissionrs of the
                 Court tht John Harwell did entertaine a servant of John Courte's
                 three dayes by name Cornelius Peterson, according to an act of
                 Assembly in tht case provided, It is ordered by the Worship full the
                 Comissionrs tht the sd John Hartwell pay five hundred pounds of
                 tobaccoe day the on halfe to the Lord Proprietarie & the other
                 half e to the owner of the servant, with Cost of suite

                   The Court is adjourned for an houre
            The Court sitts againe present Comissionrs as before

                  It is ordered tht there be a reference in a Cause depending between
                 Francis Kilburne plaintiffe & Willm Measure Defendant till the
                 next Court.

                  In a Cause depending between Edmund Lindsey plaintiffe &
                 Thomas Allanson Defendant Thomas Allanson was attached to
                 Answer to Edmund Lindsey of a plea of trespass upon the Case,