Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676.     455
         Patrick Sulivant        .   .           .   Liber N N
             a      the def not appeareing this Court the Sheriff of
             g Calvert County amerced 40s.
         Henry Mitchell


         Garret Vansweringen William Harper was attached to answer unto p. 284
            agt Garret Vansweringen of a plea of trespas
     Wm Harper          upon the case.
                         And whereupon the Said Garret by John
         Jones his Attorny Saith that whereas he the said Garret at the
         special instance & request of him the said William On the twelfth
         day of November 1673 & at divers dayes & times Since did furnish
         & accomodate the said Wm with divers liquors & Ordinary accothoda-
         tions & Severall Summes of tobacco amounting in all to the summe of
         two thousand two hundred Seventy & foure pounds of tobacco as
         by an accompt thereof hereunto annexed may more at large appeare
         In consideration whereof the said Wm did assume upon himself e &
         faithfully did promise unto the said Garret that he would well &
         truly pay or cause to be paid unto the Said Garret when thereunto
         required the said Summe of two thousand two hundred Seventy
         foure pounds of tobacco, & although the said Garret hath often
         required the said Wm to pay the said summe of two thousand two
         hundred Seventy foure pounds of tobacco yet the said Wm hath
         refused & Still refuseth to pay the same whereupon the said Garret
         saith he is dampnified & hath losse foure thousand pounds of tobacco
         & brings suite.
          And the Said Wm by Robert Ridgely his Attorny cometh &
         defendeth the force and injury when &c & Saith he did not assume
         upon himself e in manner and forme as is above declared against
         him & of this he putts himselfe upon the Country & the said Garret
         also Therefore Comand is given to the sheriff that he cause to come
         here twelve &c Now here at this day to wit the eight & twentith day
         of April Anno 1677 came the partyes aforesaid by their said At-
         tornyes & the jurors of that jury also came to wit Thomas Pattison
         Thomas Potter Thomas Ketying John Brookes John Garnish Joseph
         Hackney Lewis Blangy Constant Daniell Elias Beech Jno Stephens
         Thomas Kemp & Thomas Bowdell who being impannelled sumoned
         & sworne & the said accompt proved in Open Court by the said Gar-
         ret, Upon their Oathes doe say Wee of the jury doe find for the
         plaintiff with costs, Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that
         the said Garret Recover against the said Wm Harper the summe of
         two thousand two hundred seventy foure pounds of tobacco damages
         occasioned by the trespas aforesd as also the summe of
               pounds of tobacco costs of suite.