Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673/4. 205




       ffrancis appeared by Keneim Chiseldyn his Attorney and Defended Liber M M
       the force & Injury when &c and saith he doth not owe the sd Thomas
       the sd sume of 6000l of Tob nor any pt thereof in manner & forme
       as ye plt above in his Declaracoñ hath Declared agt him & of this he
       puts himself upon the Country and the said Thomas likewise.
         Therefore Comaund is given to the Sheriff of St Maryes County
       that he Cause to Come here immediately Twelve &c.
        And the said Thomas & ffrancis appearing by their Attornyes afd
       and the Jurors a fd being Called appeared; and ye said ffrancis when
       the Jury were Called to ye booke, refused to Come to tryall but made
       Default wherefore it is Considered by the Court here that Judgt be
       awarded agt ye said ffrancis Gunby and Mathew Smith upon ye plaint
       aforesd by ye sd Thomas Gannt brought by Default and that the
       said Thomas Gannt Recover agt the said ffrancis Gunby and Mathew
       Smith aswell the sd sume of six Thowsand pounds of Tobacco his
       Debt aforesayd as also the sume of nine hundred forty foure pounds
       of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges in this behalfe Expended
       and the said ffrancis & Mathew in mercy &c

      Joseph Sumner In this Cause the Deci being filed and ye plea also
           agt & the issue not Joyned by the plt, and the pTh not
       Tho Long appearing by himself or Attorney, and the Sheriff
       of Baltamore County affirming to the Court here that the sd plt did
       tell him that he Resolved to trouble himself no further about the
       matter in question, the Deft Craved a non suite, wch was by the
       Court awarded agt the said Joseph Sumner for not psecuting his
       plaint agt the said Long, and further ordered that the said Thomas
       Long Recover agt the sd Joseph Sumner the sume of eight hundred
       & fifty pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and the sd Joseph in mercy
       for his false Complaint &c
       Samuell Winslow                           p. 143
           agt
       John Bowles
       The same
      agt           In these five Causes Mr John Morecroft De
       The same           .
             ceased being Attorney for ye Respective p who
       The same                  .
                    are not Inhabitants in this Province & Could
         ag         not so soone have notice of their Attornyes
       The same
                    Death, The Court Continued the sd Causes un
       William Barret   . .
                    till the next Provincial Court.
            ag
       Tho Howell & ux
       Wm Wheately
           agt
       The same