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228 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676. Liber N N the fourth day of ffebruary instant by force and armes with swords axes and Staves and with his Servants horses & Carts the close of him the said Philip at st Peters neare the Citty of St Maries in the said Province being the ffreehold of him the said Philip did breake and his timber & other trees there late growing that is to say forty load of wood did fell cutt downe, maule & carry away to the value of ten thousand pounds of tobacco, and other enormityes to him did, to the great losse of the Said Philip Calvert and against the Peace whereupon he Saith he is dampnified & hath losse to the value of fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco, And thereupon he bringeth his suite. And the said John Quigley in his proper person cometh & de- fendeth and injury when &c and prayeth liberty of speakeing here- unto untill the next Court and it is granted unto 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 and the said John in their proper persons and the said John Quigley Saith he is not guilty of the said trespas as above exprest and of this he prayes the judgment of the Court of the said Philip his action aforesaid against him ought to have, & the said Philip also. Whereupon is it granted by the Court here that the said Philip Calvert recover against the said John Quigley One quarter caske of Sacke damages occasioned by the trespas aforesaid as also the Summe of foure hundred pounds of tobacco costs of suite Mr Blomfeild You may acknowledge Satisfaction upon Record for the Wine and costs of suite I recovered against Capt John Quigley last Court. May 15th 1676. Philip Calvert. Thomas Painel Comand was given to the Sheriff of st Maries County agt That whereas Thomas Paine the three and twentith John Quigley day of November in the 44th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c at a Provinciall Court held at the Citty of st Maries came then into Court the said Thomas Paine by Charles Boteler his Attorny and exhibited here into Court his cer- tame bill against John Quigley Gent One of the Attornyes of this Court, in a plea of trespas upon the case. In such manner it is pro- ceeded in Our said Court that the worke done by the said Thomas Paine be viewed and that the said Thomas Paine ought to recover his damages by Occasion of the premisses But because it is not Knowne what damages the said Thomas hath susteined by Occa- sion of the premisses, that the same Sheriff cause to come here to wit the eighth day of April in the first yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dom 1676. twelve &c to view the |
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