30   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1672.




            Liber J J    Baron of Baltamore &c held at the Citty of St Maryes the ninth day
                  of Aprill in the fortieth yeare of the Dominion of his said Lord
                  ship over this Province of Maryland Annoque Domini 1672 before
                  his Lordships Justices for the Keeping of the peace of ye said
                  Province, and moreover for the hearing and Determining of diverse
                  felonyes murders Transgressions and other misdeeds in the said
                  Province Comitted and perpetrated assigned at which time were
                  prsent

                    His Excellency Charles Calvert Esp Capt Generall and Cheif
                     Justice
                    The honoble Philip Calvert Esp Chancelor.
                          William Calvert
                        ble Baker Brooke
                  The hono
                          Samuell Chew &
                          Edward ffitzherbert

                    The Court being called the Cryer makes proclamacon.
                   Comanding all Justices of peace Coroners Stewards of Leets and
                  libertyes & other officers that have taken any Inquisitions Indictmts
                  or Recognizances whereby they have let any man to bayle to put in
                  their Records thereof that his Lordships Justices might proceed.

         Ann Pattison Ann Pattison of Ann Arundell County for murdering her bastard
                  Childe brought into Court by the Sheriff of ye same County & by
                  the Court Comitted to the Sheriffe of St Maryes County.

             Richard Richard Sheppey of St Maryes County for hogstealing & his
             Sheppey prsecutors appearing ordered by the Court that an Indictmt be drawne

                  agt him.
           St Maryes Wm Greenegoe  .
             County Amy Markes & appearing & no psecution agt them acquitted by

                  John Nicholls proclamation

             Thomas Thomas Paine of St Jeromes prsented the last Court for stopping
              Paine up the high way appeares by John Morecroft his Attorney & pleads

                  not guilty and imparles untill the next Cort.

                   Humphry Joanes of St Maryes Lounty appeares & no prosecution
                  agt him therefore was acquitted by pclamation.

                   The Cryer makes proclamacon.
                   You good men that are Impannelled to Enquire for the Right
                  hono :ble the Lord Proprietary and the body of this Province answere
                  to your names.