398       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.

         Liber M M John Quigley the deft appeares by Robert Canvile his Attorny and
                     agt limparles untill next Court.
                 John ffoxcroftj
                 Edward Roe
                     agt     the defts appeare by Vincent Lowe their Attorny
                 Jeremiah Eaton and imparle untill next Court.
                              & Jno Barke

                 Robert Carvile John Richardson late of Talbott County otherwise
                     agt called John Richardson of the County of Talbott
               John Richardson in the said Province Inholder was SumOned to
                             answer unto Robert Carvile One of the Attornyes
                             of this Court according to the libertyes &c of a
                             plea that he render unto him One thousand pounds
                             of tobacco which to him he oweth and unjustly
                             deteineth &c.
                   And whereupon the Said Robert in his proper person Saith that
                 whereas the Said John upon the Sixtenth day of December in the yeare
                 of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred and Seventy by his certaine
                 bi!l or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the said
                 John and here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare
                 abovesaid did confesse himselfe to owe & stand indebted to the said
                 Robert in the full and just quantity of One thousand pounds of
                 tobacco to be paid to the Said Robert upon the tenth day of October
                 next ensueing the date of the said bill Yet notwithstanding the said
                 John the sd Summe of One thousand pounds of tobacco though
                 thereunto requested hath not paid or Satisfied but the same to pay
                 hath hitherto denyed and as yet doth deny to the damage of the said
                 Robert Sixteene hundred pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth
                 his Suite.
                   And the said John Richardson by George Oldfeild his Attorny
                 cometh & defendeth the force and injury when &c and Saith he is not
                 informed of any answer thereunto to make therefore it is considered
                 by the Court here that the said Robert recover against the said
                 John the said summe of One thousand pounds of tobacco his debt
                 aforesaid as also the summe of two hundred pounds of tobacco
                 costs of Suite but So as execution theirof be Stayed until the tenth
                 day of October next.
                 Mr Old feild
                   I doe hereby appoint you to be attorny for me to appeare for me at the
                 Suite of Robert Carville and to confesse judgment for me for twelve
                 hundred pounds of tobacco and for So doeing this shall be your
                 warrant Given under my hand & seale this 9th day of December 1674
                 but execution is to Stay untill the sd day of October next.
                    Testes              the marke of
                 George Beckwith        JohnRichardson (Sealed)
                 John Allen