224       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673/4.

         Liber M M   1669 John Balley had and obteined a Judgemt agt Raymond Staple-
                 ford for the sume of six thowsand three hundred forty five pounds
                 of Tobacco for wch Execution issued to the Sheriff of Caivert County
                 which said Sheriff leavyed to the vallue of three thowsand six
                 hundred and fifty pounds of Tobacco of the goods and Chattells
                 of the said Raymond Staple ford was all that Could be found
                 in his Baliwick, out of wch sd surñe was allowed the sd Sheriff five
                 hundred pounds of Tobacco for ffees so that their Remaines yet
                 unsatisfyed three thowsand Two hundred forty five pounds of
                 Tobacco wth costs of suite It was therefore Comaunded to the said
                 Sheriff that by good and law full men of his Baliwick he should
                 make Knowne to the sd Raymond that he be before the sd Justices
                 this day to show Cause if any he had why Execution should not
                 issue forth against him for the said sume of 3245l Tob & 125l Tob
                 costs of suite.
                   At wch sd day to wit the Tenth day of ffebruary in the 42th yeare
                 of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Domini 1673. Came the sd
                 Raymond (the sd Sheriff having made Knowne to him as by the sd
                 writ he was Comaunded) in his pp pson and no Cause did show
                 satisfactory to the Court here why Execution should not issue agt him
                 as aforesayd wherefore Ordered by the Court here that Execution
                 issue agt the sd Raymond Stapleford for aswell the sd sume of 3245k
                 Tob as also for the sume of 125l Tob Costs in all 33701 Tob
                 accordingly.
                 Philip Shapleigh & ux    The Sheriff of Somerset County having
                     agt Retorned a Cepi upon these Two writs &
                 Richard Pattyneither of the Defendts appearing ordered
                 The sameIthat in Each Cause the Sheriff be amerced
                   agtforty shillings unless they appeare the next
                 Samuell Jackson     Cort by themselves in pson or Attorney.

              160 Mr Walter Hall peticions this Court that Whereas upon the 11th
                 day of Aprill 1672 John Balley of this County of St Maryes, was
                 by this honoble Court Comitted prisoner into the Custody of the
                 petr (being then under Sheriff of this County) and so Continued untill
                 the 16th day of May next following, At wth time the petr did Rendr
                 the sd Bailey with other prisoners up into the Custody of the new
                 Sheriff Capt Luke Gardner by Indenture. But now the said Bailey
                 being at liberty Refuseth to pay the petr the ffees of his Imprisonmt
                 wch Comes to seaven hundred and Twenty pounds of Tobacco, al
                 though allowed him by this Court in his bill of Charges at suite of
                 Capt James Neale, wherefore the petr Craveth ordr agt the prsent
                 Sheriff for the said ifees of 720l Tob, who ought in Right to have
                 secured the same from the said Bailey before his Enlargemt or else