28        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1671/2.

           Liber J J Clerke & Mary Clerke continue & Remaine in the Custody of the
                 Sheriff of St Maryes County untill they shall give in security Each
                 of them in ten pound a peice & their Securityes in five pound a peice
                 to appeare at a Provincial Court to be held at the Citty of St Maryes
                 in Aprill wch shalbe in the yeare of our Lord 1673. and in the
                 meane time that they be of the good behaviour.

                  The Court accepts of Mr Benjamin Rozer Security for Philip
                 Lynes the said Philip bound in 10l & the said Rozer in 5l sterlg

                  Richard Robinson being a servant to Mr John Allen, the said Allen
                 became bound for the said Robinson to the Lord Proprietary in the
                 sume of Tenn pounds, and Henry Phipps gentl his security in the
                 Sume of five pounds sterling.

                 Robert Clerke bound to the Lord Propfy according to the said
                 Mary his wife                order of Court in 20l    to be Leavyed &c
                  Thomas Mathews and Tho Hussey their security bound in tenn
                 pound sterling a peice for their pformance of the said ordr.

                  George Taylour & Ellen his wife bound to the said Lord Propry
                 Ut supra in the sume of 20l sterling to be leavyed &c.
                  Henry More & William Whittle their security bound in Tenn
                 pounds sterling a peice for their pformance of the said order

             p. 501 Then was the Sheriff of St Maryes County comanded to bring
                 Justinian Gerard into the Court, and the foregoing Indictment being
                 Read to him, and he being admitted by the favour of the Court to
                 have John Morecroft one of the Attorneys of this Court to be of
                 his Counsell the said John Morecroft put in this following plea for
                 and on the behalfe of the said Justinian here present in Court (vizt)
                  And the sayd Justinian Gerard by John Morecroft his Attorney
                 Especially admitted by the favour of the Court, cometh and prayeth
                 the hearing of the said Indictmt, and it is Read unto him, which
                 being read & heard the said Justinian saith that the Lord Proprietary
                 by Colloun of the premises in the said Indictmt mentioned him the
                 said Justinian Trouble and unquiet, neither will not nor ought
                 because he the said Justinian by Protestation saith that the said
                 Indictmt is not sufficient in Law for him the said Justinian to be put
                 to answere unto Notwithstanding for plea he saith, that as to the
                 takeing Killing and carrying away of the said Two hoggs of the
                 said John Gouldsmith in the said Indictmt mentioned, or any thing
                 contrary to the said Act of Assembly or against the peace of the said
                 Lord Proprietary the said Justinian is in no wise guilty in manner
                 and forme as by the said Indictmt above is supposed & of this he
                 puts himself upon the Country.