Provincial Court Proceedings, 1672/3.

           Liber J J At    a Provincial Court of the Right hono :ble Caecilius &c held at the
                   City of St Maryes the 11th day of ffebruary 1672 before his
            Lopps Justices for the Keeping of the peace of the said
            Province, and Moreover for the hearing and Deter
              mining of diverse fellonyes murders Transgres
               sions & other misdeeds in the said Province
                  commited and perpetrated assigned at
                          web time were prseflt

                   His Excellency Charles Calvert Esq Capt General and Cheif
                 Justice.
                          Philip Calvert Chancelor
                          Wittm Calvert
                 The Honoble               Esqs
                          Tho:  Truman &
                          Jesse Wharton


                   The Court being Called Comanding all Justices of peace Coroners
                 Stewards of Leets and libertyes, and other officers that have taken
                 any Inquisitions Indictmts Recognizances whereby they have let any
                 man to Bayle let them put in their Records thereof that his Lopps
                 Justices may pceed.

                   John Griffin bound over the last Court for hoggstealing, Thomas
                 Griffyn and Thomas Wynn his security in 5l a peice himself in
                 10l being called appeared not wherefore ordered his Recognizance
                 be Estreated.

                   Thomas Wright and Morgan Joanes bound to psecute ditto
                 Griffin both appeared to save their Recognizances.

                   John Renny prsented by the Grand Inquest for want of psecution
                 was acquitted by pclamation. & Discharged payinge his ifees.

                   John ffitzherbert bound over upon the complt of Garrat Van
                 swearingen that the said ffitzherbert Challenged him, was Discharged
                 from his said Recognizance Vanswearing Declaring to the Cort that
                 they were agreed

                   ifrances Roades the wife of Abraham Roades bound over to this
                 Cort for scandalous words agt the Right honoble the Lord Proprietary
                 appeared, and the Cort upon Examination of the matter found that
                 the sd Abraham was in some pt guilty aswell as his wife, and because
                 their was no Grand Jury this Cort ordered that they both be comitted
                 to ye Sheriff of St Maryes County by him to be Kept untill the next
                 Cort, unlesse they shall Tender such Responsable Bayle to the Cott
                 as the Cort shall approve of sitting the Cort.