Provincial Court Proceedings, 1672.   49



      Smith who to say the truth in the prmises being Elected tryed and Liber J J
      sworne upon their oathes doe say—that Thomas Hackleton and
      Samuell Lester are guilty of the ifellony whereof they have beene
      arraigned to the vallue of Tenn pence sterling, and that William
      Swetnam was not guilty of the same & so they say all whereupon
      the said Thomas Hackleton and Samuell Lester were set to the
      barre and the Court gave Judgemt agt them that the Sheriff of
      St Maryes County cause the said Thomas Hackleton and Samuell
      Lester to be whipped on the bare back at the whipping post in
      St Maryes Citty, and that they have nine and thirty lashes a peice.
      and the said William Swetnam being set to the barre was acquitted
      by pclamation and by the Court Discharged paying his ifees.

        It is by the Court this day ordered that Michaell Tawney one of
      the Constables of Calvert County Deliver unto William Graves of the
      same County what goods he hath in his hands that were stole from
      the said Graves by Thomas Hackleton and Samuell Lester and
      whereof they are before this Cort Convicted; the said goods being
      made appeare before this Court pply to belong to the said Graves.

        The Sheriff of St Maryes County being comanded to set Richard Richard
      Meekins to the barre, ye said Meekins was upon the Indictmt a fore- Meekins
      sayd for ye fellony aforesayd arraigned and upon his arraignmt
      pleaded not Guilty and for his tryall put himself upon the Country,
      and the Sheriff of St Maryes County having as he was Comanded
      retorned a petty Jury for the tryall of prisoners who being called
      appeared to wit Richard Smith Alexandr Draper Richard Atwood
      Nicholas Guither Richard Bayly Henry Bedford William King Guy
      White ffrancis Gunbee Richard Ackworth John Symons and Henry
      Smith who to say the truth in the premises being elected tryed and p. 518
      sworne upon their oathes doe say that the said Richard Meekins is
      not guilty of the fellony whereof he hath beene arraigned & so they
      say all whereupon the said Richard Meekins was acquitted by pclama
      tion and by the Court Discharged paying his ifees.

        Marmaduke Symmes of St Maryes County being bound over to Marmaduke
      this Court for abusing and misusing his servant Vertu Avery, he Symmes
      being called appeares, and the said Vertu Avery & the witnesses being
      Examined, the Court found not further Cause to binde the said
      Symms over whereupon he was Discharged paying his ffees.

        The Court being formerly informed that James Lewis being bound James Lewis
      to the good behaviour had broken the same, ordered his security to Recog,
      show Cause why the Recognizance should not be estreated, and upon
      Examination of the matter the Court ordered the said Recognizance
      to be Cancelled.