298      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

            Liber N N  in Law to abate the said Writt agt the said Defendt Therefore itt is
                   considered this tenth day of April in the third yeare of the Do
                   minion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq3 Doni 1678 that the
                   said Writt agt the said Defendt in forme aforesaid obtained shall
                   be abated &c

                   Wm Calvert Esqr Thomas Helgar late of Charles County Innholder
                      agt was Sumoned to Answer unto Wm Calvert Esqr
                   Tho: Helgarin a plea that he render unto him two thousand
                   foure hundred pds of tobacco which to him he
                   oweth & unjustly detaineth &c
                     And the said Wm by Kenelm Cheseldyne his Attorney saith, that
                   whereas the said Thomas the thirtieth day of June Anno Doni One
                   thousand six hundred seventy six stood indebted unto the Honble
                   Wm Calvert Esqr in the full & just sume of two thousand foure
                   hundred pounds of good sound Wchantable tobacco & cask to be
                   paid to the said Wm Calvert or to his certaine Attorney his Exrs
                   Adrs on the tenth day of Octobr next ensueing the date thereof att
                   some convenient place in Charles County aforesaid as by his bill
                   here in Court produced may appeare Notwithstanding the said
                Thomas The said sume of two thousand foure hundred pounds of
                   tobacco to him the said Wm though often thereunto required hath
                   not paid, but the same to pay hath altogether denyed & still doth
                   deny, whereupon he saith he is damnified & hath losse to the Value
                   of foure thousand pounds of tobacco, & thereupon he bringeth his
                   suite.
                     And the said Thomas Helgar by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                   cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c & prayeth liberty to
                   imparle hereunto untill next Court & itt is granted unto him, the
                   same day is given to the said Wm also.
                     Now here att this day to witt the Eleventh day of April in the
                   third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq3
                   Doni 1678. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid, &
                   the said Tho: saith, that as to one thousand pounds of tob, part of
                   the said sume of two thousand foure hundred pounds of tob he hath
                   paid, but as to fourteene hundred pounds of tob the remainder he
                   cannot gain say for that he oweth the same to the said Wm Where
                   upon itt is granted by the Court here that that said Wm Calvert
                   recover agt the said Tho: Helgar the aforesaid sume of fourteen
                   hundred pounds of tob debt As also five hundred forty foure pits of
                   tob costs of suite

                   Dennis Sulevant Elizabeth Greene late of St Maryes County wid
                      agt dow was Attached to Answer unto Dennis Sule
                   Eliza Greene vant of a plea of trespas upon the case
                                 And whereupon the said Dennis by Robert