226 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673/4.




           Liber M M Many Pyne
                    agt              In these Eight seurall Causes the Re-
                 John Wright         spective Defendts appeare by their
                 Demetrius Cartwright    pticulare Attornyes and imple untill
                      agt            the next Provincial Court.
                 Tho: Mountfont
                 James Nuthall
                     agt
                 Marke Condea
                 Stephen Merty
                     agt
                 Henry Bonner
                 Michael Miller
                   agt
                 Wm Head

                 Demetrius Cartwright Comaund was given unto the Sheriff of Tal
                     agt bot County that he should take John Watkins
                 John Watkins   late of Talbot County otherwise Called John
                 Watkins of Patuxent Riven in the Province of Maryland Sawyer
                 so that he might have his body before the Justices of the Pnovincial
                  this prsent Tenth Day of ffebruary to answere unto Demetrius
                 Cartwnight in a plea that he Rendr unto him the sume of 1262l Tob.
                 wch to him he oweth & unjustly Deteineth
                   And whereupon the said Demetrius by Kenelm Chiseldyne his
                 Attorney saith that whereas the said John the fifth day of January
                 in the yeane of our Lord 1668 by his Certeine writing obligatory
                 sealed wth the seale of the said John & here in Court pduced whose
                 date is the same day & yeane abovewritten did acknowledge himself
                 to owe & be indebted to the said Demetrius of the same place abovesd
                 in the full & Just sume of 1262l of good sound Marchantable leafe
                 Tobacco in Casque, according to act of Assembly to be pd upon
                 Demaund at some Convenient place in Patuxent River unto the sd
                 Demetnius Cartwright his heirs Executors Admrs on Assignes & to
             p. 162  wch paymt well & truly to be made did binde himself his heires
                 Executors Admrs firmly by those prsents, Notwthstanding wch the
                 sd John the sd sume of Twelve hundred sixty Two pounds of
                 Tobacco according to the Tenor of his said bill hath not payd
                 though often thereunto Required but the same to pay altogether
                 Denyes to the Damage of the sd Demetrius 2000l Tob. & thereupon
                 he bringeth his suite.
                   And now here at this day to wit the sd 10th day of ffebnuary in the
                 42th yeane of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Domini 1673
                 the Sd Sheriff of Talbot County Retornes to the Court here that
                 the sd John Watkins is not to be found in his Baliwick, wheneupon
                 this being the second non est Inventus Retorned in this Case the