Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     227

        Robin the Indian with a certaine Gunn of the value of five shillings Liber N N
        Sterling which he the said John Quigley in both his hands then and
        there had and held, did beate, wound mayem and evil entreate,
        whereby of his life it was despaired, of which beateing and mayming p. 145
        the Said Slave Robin the Indian from the Said foure and twentith
        day of May in the yeare aforesaid untill the eightenth day of June
        then next following did languish and was not able to serve the Said
        Philip in the Art or mistery of a Sawyer nor as yett to use his
        broad axe or any other tooles and doe such worke as he before was
        able to doe, to the great damage of him the Said Philip and against
        the peace &c Whereupon the said Philip Calvert Saith he is dampni-
        fled & hath lost to the value of Six thousand pounds of tobacco And
        thereupon he bringeth his suite.
          And the said John Quigley in his proper person cometh & de-
        fendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of Speake-
        ing hereunto untill the next Court & it is granted him, the same day
        is given to both parties.
          Now here at this day to witt the thirtenth day of April in the
        first yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
        Doth 1676. Came the said Philip by his Attorny aforesaid & the Said
        John in his proper person likewise came & the said John Quigley
        Saith that the abovesaid Robin the Indian did first assault him and
        of this he prayeth the judgment of the Court if the said Philip his
        action aforesaid against him ought to have, & the Said Philip like-
        wise. Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that the said Philip
        Calvert recover against the said John Quigley the summe of six hun-
        dred and thirty pounds of tobacco damages occasioned by the trespas
        aforesaid as also the summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco
        costs of suite

       Philip Calvert Esq Memorandum that this present seventh day of
           agt January in the yeare of Our Lord 1675 Philip
        John QuigleyCalvert Esq Chancellour of the Province of
        Maryland and One of the justices of this Court
        exhibited his bill against John Quigley Gent One of the Attornyes
        of this Court in these words.
       Maryland ss:    Philip Calvert Escp Chancellour of the said Province
                  and One of the justices of this Court here present in
                  Court complaints agt John Quigley Gent One of the
                  Attornyes of this Court here present in Court also in
                  a plea of trespass.
          And whereupon the Said Philip Calvert in his proper person here
        present in Court saith That the said John Quigley upon the twentith
        day of November last past Anno Doth 1675 as also upon the One
        and twentith & eight & twentith dayes of January 1675 & at other
        dayes and times from the said twentith of November aforesaid till