428        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.

             Liber N N County aforesaid with force & armes upon the said Stephen did make
                   an assault & him did beate & wound & evill handle & him the said
                   Stephen from out of his the Said Stephens house over the said River
                   to the house of him the Said Daniell in the County aforesaid im
               p. 265  prisoned with force and armes aforesaid & him So in prison being
                   against the Law & custome of England in this Province used did for
                   a long time that is to say for the space of fifty houres then next fol-
                   lowing deteine & other injuries to him did to the great damage of
                   the Said Stephen & against his Lopps Peace &c whereupon he saith
                   he is dampnified & hath losse to the value of twenty thousand pounds
                   of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his Suite:
                    And the Said Daniel Clarke by George Parker his Attorny corn-
                   eth & defendeth the force & injury when &c & as to the comeing with
                   force & armes assault and battery, false imprisonmt or any thing
                   against the Peace of the Lord Proprietary in manner & forme as the
                   Said Stephen Gary hath above supposed to be done he Saith he is
                   in no wise thereof giulty & of this he putts himselfe upon the
                   Country. & the plaintiff also. Whereupon it is coihanded the Sheriff
                   that he cause to come here twelve &c Now here at this day to witt
                   the twentith day of April 1677 Came the parties aforesaid by their
                   Attornyes & the jurors of that jury also came to witt Thomas Pat-
                   tison Thomas Gant Jno Rawlins Thomas Potter Thomas Keyting
                   Raphael Haywood James Ringold Jno Dent Jno Brookes Lewis
                   Blangy Constant Daniell & Elias Beech who being impannelled
                   SumOned & Sworne to speake the truth in the prernisses & haveing
                   heard all the evidence then produced upon their Oathes doe say Wee
                   of the jury doe find for the plaintiff assault & false imprisonment
                   damages two thousand pounds of tobacco with costs. Whereupon
                   it is granted by the Court here that the said Stephen Gary recover
                   against the said Daniell Clarke aswell the summe of two thousand
                   pounds of tobacco damages occasioned by the trespas aforesaid as
                   also the Summe of fifteene hundred flinty & Eight pounds of tobacco
                   costs of Suite & the said Daniell in mercy.

                  Joshua Doyne George Oldfeild otherwise called George O!dfei!d
                      agt of the County of st Maries Gent was attached to
                   George Oldfeild    answer unto Joshua Doyne of a plea that he render
                   unto him two thousand six hundred pounds of to-
                   bacco which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth.
                    Whereupon the said Joshua by John Jones his Attorny Saith that
                   whereas the said George by his certaine writeing Obligatory under
                   his hand & Seale dated the 22th day of June 1675 did acknowledge
                   himselfe to owe & Stand justly indebted unto the said Joshua the
                   full & just summe of two thousand six hundred pounds of good
                   sound merchantable tobacco in caske to be paid to the Said Joshua
                   at or upon the tenth day of October then next ensueing conveniently