272       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

            Liber N N I have made Knowne to the within named Wm Thomas Nicholas
                   Guither Henry Rider according to the tenor of the writt as I am
                   Comanded                    Clement Hill Sheriff.
                    And the Said William Thomas Saith that with the said debt in
                   the said writ of scire facias mentioned of two thousand pounds of
                   tobacco due to the said Mathias Decosta he ought not to be burthened
                   because he saith that nine hundred flinty One pounds of tobacco
                   part thereof and One hundred & fifty pounds of tobacco more part
                   thereof in all the Summe of eleaven hundred forty One pounds of
                   tobacco he the said Wm to the said Mathias hath paid and as to eight
                   hundred fifty nine pounds of tobacco residue thereof he the said
                   William alwayes was & Still is ready to pay the same and of this he
                   demands judgment of this Court & the said Garret likewise. Where-
                   upon it is granted by the Court here to witt the tenth day of April
                   in the yeare aforesaid That the Said Garrett Vansweringen re-
                   cover against the Said William Thomas the said summe of eight
                   hundred fifty nine pounds of tobacco together with five hundred &
                   foure pounds of tobacco costs of Suite.

                  Garret   Vansweringen It appeareing to the Court here the thirtenth
                       agt day of April in the yeare aforesd by the
                   Nicholas Guither  Oathes of Wm Guither and Elizabeth Decosta
                   that the said Nicholas Guither never had
                   any consideration for the bill of foure hundred pounds of tobacco
                   Specified in the abovesaid writ of Scire facias doe order (by the
                   consent of the plaintiff) that the Said bill be delivered up to the
                   defendant & the said Garrett take nothing thereby.

                  Christopher Rousby John Blackiston late of st Maries County other-
                       agt wise called John Blackiston of st Maries County
                   John Blackiston   in the Province of Maryland Gent was suth
                   oned to answer unto Christopher Rousby Gent
                   of a plea that he render unto him the Summe of two thousand & two
                   hundred pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth and unjustly
                   deteineth
                    And whereupon the said Christopher by John Rousby his Attorny
                   Saith That whereas the said John Blackiston the fifth day of May
                   in the yeare of Our Lord 1675 did by his certaine bill Obligatory
                   Sealed with the Seale of the said John here in Court brought whose
                   date is the same day & yeare acknowledge himself e to Owe and
                   stand justly indebted unto the said Christopher in the full and just
                   quantity of two thousand & two hundred pounds of good mer-
                   chanable tobacco and casque To be paid to the said Christopher
                   his Executors admrs or assignes on or before the tenth day of Octo-
                   ber then next ensueing the date of the said bill conveniently in
                   st Maries County aforesaid To the which payment well & truly to