Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.     603

       wast or imbezell the estate of the said John Hatton deceased & this Liber M M
       he is ready to averre & therefore demands judgmt of this Court
       whether the aforesaid debt of One hundred thousand pounds of
       tobacco of the Lands and chattells of him the said ffrancis ought to
       be rendred to the said Samuel Hatton assignee of the said Lord
       Propry & Admr of the said John Hatton according to the forme of
       the Said writeing in the nature of a recognizance aforesaid.
         And the Said Samuel Saith that the Said writeing in the nature
       of a recognizance Ought by the said Act for preservation of Or
       phants estates by the judge for probate of wills & granting adminis
       tracons to be assigned over to the Said Samuel for his releife against
       the wasting and imbezelling of the Said estate of the Said John Hat-
       ton deceased by the first Administratr of the said estate & of this
       craves judgment of the Court.
         Now here at this day to wit the twentith day of November in the
       44th yeare of his Lopps Dominion &c. Annoq Doth 1675 the Court
       here haveing fully heard what can be alleadged by the Attornyes on
       either Side of & in the premisses and iforasmuch as it appeares to the
       judge for probate of Wills and granting Administrations that the
       estate of the Said John Hatton deceased is by the first Administratr
       wasted and imbezled to the Value of twenty Seven thousand Seaven
       hundred and eleven pounds of tobacco Therefore it is considered by
       the Court here that the said Samuel Hatton the present Adminis
       trator recover against the Said ffrancis Holland aswell the Said
       Summe of twenty Seaven thousand seven hundred and eleaven
       pounds of tobacco as also the Sume of Seven hundred forty Seaven
       pounds of tobacco Costs of Suite.

       Novemr 17th 1675
         Then were John Jones of St Maries County and Peter Sayer of
       Talbott County Gent admitted and Sworne Attornyes of this Court
       according to the usuall Oath of Attornyes of this Court.

      Robert Carvile Arthur Wright late of Dorchester County other
          agt wise called Arthur Wright of the County of Dor
     Arthur Wright    chester in the said Province Gent was Sumoned to
                  answer unto Robert Carvile One of the Attornyes
                  of this Court according to the priviledges &c of a
                  plea that he render unto him the sume of twelve
                  hundred pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth
                  & unjustly deteineth &c.
         And whereupon the Said Robert in his proper person Saith that
       whereas the Said Arthur upon the Second day of October in the
       yeare of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred Seventy two by his
       certaine bill or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the
       Said Arthur and here in Court produced whose date is the day and