56        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1675.

                        Liber N N Humphry Davenport
                        a         these three causes Continued untill next
                  Jonathan Hopkinson Court.
                  Richard Ambrose
                                    agt
                  Joseph Bullett

             To the Honble the justices of the Provinciall Court of the Right
             Honble the Lord Proprietary in his Province of Maryland.
                    Memorandum that the tenth day of ffebruary in the foure and
                  fortith yeare of this Lopps Dominion & Annoq Dom One thousand
                  six hundred Seventy five Came here into Court Vincent Lowe Esq
                  his Lopps Attorny Generall in his proper person and exhibiteth to
                  the justices of this Court a certaine information against John Bab-
                  bidge marriner master and Comander of the Ketch or Vessell called
                  the Jacob of Biddfford now rideing at Anchor in Wye River in
                  Talbott County within this Province & within the jurisdiction of
                  this Court. And the Said Vincent Lowe giveth the Court to under-
                  stand and be informed that the said John Babbidge the ninetenth
                  day of November last past arrived with the Said Ketch or Vessell
                  in this Province & did since the said ninetenth day of November
                  and the said tenth day of ffebruary unlade and deliver divers goods
                  and Cömodities by him the said John Babbidge transported and
                  brought into this Province of Maryland without delivery by him
                  made of any Cocquetts or invoyce of the ladeing of the Said Ketch
                  or Vessell by him the said John Babbidge made to the Governour of
                  this Province or to any person or persons within this Province by him
                  authorized and appointed to receive the Same, together with the
                  place or places were the said goods were laden & taken into the said
                  Ketch or Vessell Contrary to the forme of an act of Parliament of
                  King Charles the Second that now is Entituled An Act for en-
                  couragement of trade begun at Westminster the eighth of May One
                  thousand six hundred sixty One in the thirtenth yeare of his Maties
                  Reigne & there continued untill the nintenth day of May in the
                  fourtenth yeare of his Maties Reigne and then prorogued till the
                  eightenth of ffebruary then next following & there continued untill
                  the seven & twentith of July in the fiftenth yeare of his Maties Reigne
                  and then prorogued till the sixtenth of March then next following,
                  and in Severall other Statuts in this case made and provided. Where-
                  upon the Said Vincent Lowe prayeth the advice of this Court and
                  that the said Ketch or Vessell with all her gunns ammunition tackle
                  furniture & apparrell with the goods therein may be forfeited accord-
                  ing to the forme of the Statuts aforesaid and that the said John
                  Babbidge may come here into Court to answer the premisses
                    And the Said John Babbidge came here the said tenth day of