278       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

           Liber N N their Attorny say that whereas the Said John the third day of May
                  1675 by his certaine bill Obligatory sealed with the seale of him the
                  said John and here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare
                  aforesaid did acknowledge & confesse himselfe to be oweing & to
                  stand justly indebted unto the said Edward & Company in the just
                  & neate quantity of five thousand five hundred & Sixteen pounds of
                  good sound merchantable tobacco & caske to be paid to the said
                  Edward his heirs executrs admrs or assignes at or upon the tenth
                  day of October next ensueing the date of the same bill Obligatory at
                  some convenient landing in Charles County To the true performance
                  whereof the said John did thereby bind himselfe his heirs executors
                  admts or assignes firmly by those presents Yet the aforesaid John
                  Quigley the said summe of five thousand five hundred & sixteen
                  pounds of tobacco to him the said Edward according to the tenor
                  of the said writeing obligatory though often thereunto required hath
                  not paid but the same to pay hath refused & denyed & as yet doth
                  refuse and deny to pay the same Whereupon the said Edward &
                  Company Say they are dampnified & have lost to the value of three
                  thousand pounds of tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his Suite.
              p. 172 And the said John Quigley in his proper person cometh & defend-
                  eth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty of speakeing
                  hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is granted him the
                  same day is given to the said Edward & Company.
                   Now here at this day to wit the fourtenth day of April in the
                  first yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
                  Doffi 1676 Came the said Edward & Company by their Attorny
                  aforesaid & the said John in his proper person also came and the said
                  John Saith nothing in barre of the action aforesaid of them the said
                  Edward & Compa in forme aforesaid against him brought where-
                  upon the said Edward & Compa remaine against the said John there-
                  upon undefended therefore it is granted by the Court here that the
                  said Edward Tarleton & Company recover against the said John
                  Quigley aswell the summe of five thousand five hundred & sixteen
                  pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the summe of five hun-
                  dred & eight pounds of tobacco cost of suite.

                   Upon the petition of Daniell Mulveine that he was Servant by
                  Indenture for foure yeares from the two & twentith day of ffebruary
                  One thousand six hundred Seventy One to One Thomas Bedford
                  or his assignes & he the said Daniell hath served the said term of
                  foure yeares with the said Bedford & his assignes & it appeareing
                  to the Court here this day to witt the eleventh day of April 1676
                  by the Oath of Evan Carew that the said Daniell had such Inden-
                  ture it is the judgment of the Court here that the said Daniel Mul-
                  veine is free.