Provincial Court Proceedings. 1672/3.  57




        aswell &c, did upon the 24th day of August last past at the whorkeil Liber J J
        in worcester County afforesd, Cause the said six mares to be seized
        and taken into his Posession in the behalfe of the Right honble the
        Lord Proprietary, And the said Thomas who aswell &c. in fact saith
        that the said six Mares were brought from New-yorke and imported
        into this Province, Contrary to the said Act afforesd, which he is
        ready to Averre, and Prove, Wherupon he humbly prayes the Advice
        of this honble Court and Judgmt for the Condemnation of the said
        six mares, And that the one halfe of the said six mares may be
        Adjudged to the said Lord Proprietary, and the other halfe therof
        to the said Jones, According to the Tennot of the sayd Act of
        Assembly
         And the said Peter by Kenelm Chiseldyn his Attorney here by
        Grace of the Court specially Admitted, Prayeth the said Peter may
        Answer to the prmisses in the information afforesayd Conteyned,
        and hereupon the said Peter Defendeth the force and Injury &c, and
        prayeth hereing of the informacon afforesd and it is Read unto
        him &c, which being Read and heard and by the same fully under
        stood the said Peter saith that he is in noe wise Guilty of the
        premisses against the forme of the statute aboue Imposed upon him
        in manner and form as the said Thomas by his informacon Imposed
        and of this he putts himselfe upon the Country—And the said
        Thomas likewise
         Wherefore Comand is Given the Sheriffe of St Maryes County
        that he cause to come before the Justices of this present Provincall
        Court twelue &c by whome &c who neithr &c. who aswell &c. to rec
        ognize &c
         At which day that is to say the Tenth day of Decembr in the
        41th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c. cause aswell the said
        Thomas Jones who aswell &c in his owne pper pson as the said
        Peter Hance by Keneim Chiseldyn his Attorney, and the Jurors of
        that Jury likewise Came to wit, Richard Smith, Richard Attwood,
        Guy White, Henry Bedford, Nicholas Guyther John Symmons,
        Richard Ackworth, Richard Baylie, ffrancis Gunby William King,
        Allexandr Draper, John Wells, who being Ellected tryed & sworne
        to say the truth in the prmisses, upon their Oathes doe say, That in
        the month of Septembr Anno. 1671. the said Peter Hance did Trans
        port six mares to the Whorekeil, but from whence they finde not,
        And the Court being ffully sattisfied that the Whorkeil was not at
        that tyme in the Actuall posession of thc Right Honble the T Lord Pro-
        prietary, Therefore they doe Adjudge that the said Mares are not [i.e., p. 525]
        forfeited, and Doe Order them to be Released, And the said Thomas
        in mercy for his falce Complaint &c












        The Court Adjourns till the Eleauenth day of ffeb. next