Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.     291

        they are damnified & have losse to the Value of foure thousand Liber N N
        pounds of tobacco & thereupon they bring their suite—And the said
        James & Henry bring into Court the letters of Admcon to them
        granted of the said Thomas Salmons Estate, that itt may appeare
        to the Court here that thereof they have the Admcon And the said
        Samuell Hatton by Robert Carvile his Attorney cometh & defendeth p. 533
        the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty to imparle hereunto
        untili next Court & itt is granted unto him, the same day is given to
        both parties
         Now here att this day to witt the thirteenth day of April in the
        third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annocp
        Doni 1678. came the said plaintiffes by their Attorney aforesaid &
        offered themselves agt the said Samuell Hatton in the plea aforesaid,
        but the said Samuell Hatton came not but made default Therefore
        itt is considered by the Court here that the said Henry & James
        recover agt the said Samuel Hatton the aforesaid debt of three thou
        sand seven hundred seventy foure pounds of tobacco As also ffive
        hundred thirty six pounds of tob costs of suite


       Robert Williams Memorandum that att a Provinciall Court held
            agt att St Maryes the twelfth day of ffebruary in the
     Nehema Blakiston  third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord
                    Baltemore &c Annocp Doni 1677 came here into
        Court Robert Williams of ffallmouth in Old England Mrchant by
        Wm Williams his Attorney & exhibitted his certaine bill agt Nehemiah
        Blakiston gentt one of the Attorneys of this Court according to the
        Iibertyes & priviledges of Attorneys &c in a plea that he render unto
        him fifteene hundred pounds of tobacco wch from him he unjustly
        detaineth
         And whereupon the said Robert Williams by William Williams
        his Attorney saith, that whereas the said Nehemiah Blakiston upon
        the Eighth day of May Anno Doni One thousand six hundred
        seventy two by his bill Obligatory sealed with the seale of him the
        said Nehemiah Blakiston & here in Court produced whose date is
        the day & yeare aforesaid, did confesse & acknowledge himselfe to
        owe & stand indebted unto the said Robert Williams in the full &
        just quantity of ififteen hundred pounds of good sound Mrchantable
        leafe tobacco & caske according to Act of Assembly due to be paid
        unto the said Robert Williams his heyres Exrs Admrs or assignes in
        some convenient place in the said County att or before the tenth
        day of OctoW then next ensueing the date Yet notwthstanding the
        said Nehemiah Blakiston the said sume of ffifteen hundred pounds
        of tobacco to him the said Robert Williams according to the said bill
        hath not paid or satisfied, but the same to pay hath hitherto refused
        & still doth refuse to the damage of him the said Robert Williams of
        three thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his suite