Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.     105

        Said John Parker in his life time or to the said William Dare Since Liber N N
        the death of the Said John though often thereunto required hath not
        made but the Same to make hath hitherto denyed & refused and Still
        doth deny and refuse to render the Same whereupon the said Wm
        saith he is dampnified and hath losse to the value of two hundred &
        Sixty thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his
        suite. And the said Wm bringeth into Court here his Letters of
        administration whereby it may appeare to the Court here that he is
        administrator &c
          And the said Richard Royston by Robert Ridgely his Attorny
        cometh and defendeth the force & injury when &c and Saith that as
        to One hundred and twenty gallons of Rum two hundred gallons of
        mollossus nineteen hundred Sixty Six pounds of sugar the parcell
        of law six dozen of Steele tobacco tonges and two hamaccoes in the
        said declaration mentioned the Said Richard doth not gainsay to
        render him his reasonable accompt thereof according to the rates
        and prizes in the said declaration mentioned but aiwayes was and
        still is ready to doe the same And as to forty gallons of Rum forty
        gallons of mollossus & One hundred sixty foure pounds of sugar in
        the said declaration mentioned the said Richard Saith he was never
        receiver of the same from the said John in his life tyme nor accompt
        for the same ought to render and of this he prayeth the judgment of
        the Court & the plaintiff also.
          Now here at this day to wit the twelfth day of ffebruary One
        thousand six hundred Seventy five It is the judgment of the Court
        here that the said Richard hath given a good accompt for the time
        he was receiver of the goods and merchandize of the said John
        Parker Whereupon it is granted the said Richard that he recover
        against the Said Wm Dare as administrator aforesaid the Summe p. 66
        of eight hundred eighty seaven pounds of tobacco for his costs &
        charges in this behalf e laid Out and expended and the said William
        Dare in mercy for his false claime.

        Robert Ridgely
            agt        the deft by Mathew Warde his Attorny ap-
        Arthur Carleton admr peares and impl untill next Court.
          Thomas Carleton

        Charles Delaroch
            agt
        Thomas OBryan
        the Same
          agt •               .          . .


        John Manlster
                     these foure actions abate the plaintiff being dead.
        the Same
          agt
        Roger Towle