Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673.     159

      Twentieth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesayd the said Sarah Liber M M
      the wife of the said Nicholas did byte and her the said Sarah did
      Teare and greviously wound of wounds she did a long time
      lanquish whereby the said Nicholas did Expend diverse and greate
      sumes in and about the curing of the said wounds, and other
      Enormityes did then & there doe to the greate damage of them the
      said Walter & Sarah and Contrary to the peace & whereupon they
      say they are Damnifyed and have losse to ye vallue of foure Thow
      sand pounds of Tobacco and thereupon they bring their suite.
        And the said Tobyas Miles by George Parker his Attorney doth
      come & defend the force and injury when &c and saith that he is
      in no wise guilty of the prmises in manner & forme as the plt in his
      Declaration hath Declared and of this he puts himself upon the
      Country and the said Nicholas and Sarah likewise.
        Therefore comaund is given to the Sheriff of St Maryes County
      that he Cause to come before the Justices of the Provincial Cort at
      the Citty of St Maryes the Eleaventh day of November next being
      the first day of ye same Cort twelve &c by whom &c who neither &c
      because aswell &c to Recognize &c and the same day, is given to both
      ptyes. At wch said Eleaventh day of November the Provincial Court
      aforesayd was by the writ of Adjournmt of the said Lord Proprie
      tary adjournes untill the next day being the Twelveth day of the
      same November.
        At wch said twelveth day of November in the 42th yeare of the
      Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Domini 1673. came aswell the
      aforesayd Nicholas Carre & Sarah his wife by John Morecroft their
      Attorney as the said Toby Miles by George Parker his Attorney
      and the Jurors of that Jury likewise Came to wit Demetrius Cart-
      wright John Hollins Henry Spry William Watts Richard Whittey
      George Charlesworth Edward Wincles William Whittle Henry
      Beedle Thomas Courtney Thomas Bennet & John Barbour who to
      say the truth in the prmises being elected tryed & sworne upon the
      oathes doe say that they finde for the Defendt with costs of suite.
      wherefore it is Considered by the Cort here that the said Toby Miles
      Recover agt the said Nicholas Carre and Sarah his wife the suth
      of                     pounds of Tobacco for his costs
      and Charges in this behalfe vexatiously Expended and that the said
      Nicholas & Sarah lose their writ and be in mercy for the false corn
      plainte and the Court doe ordr the Jury to be payd One hundred &
      Twenty pounds of Tob a peice in all 1440l Tob for their attendance.
        Thomas Knighton of Ann Arundell County gentt being sub- p. 97
      penaed this Cort as a witnes between Henry Beedle & Sophia his
      wife plts and George Wells defendt on the behalfe of the said Wells
      peticions the Cort for his Charges this Cort and the last Cort being
      then also subpenaed. The Cort Examining the matter how long he