314       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

              Liber N N David Browne
                                     agt
                                   the same

               p. 551 Josiah Bacon John Edmondson late of Talbot County MTchant
                       agt was Sumoned to Answer unto Josiah Bacon in
                 John Edmondson a plea that he render unto him his reasonable
                                accompt of the tyme that he was the Receiver of
                    the Goods Mrchandizes & tobacco of him the said Josiah
                     And whereupon the said Josiah by Christopher Rousby his At
                    torney saith that whereas the said John was receiver of the Goods
                    Mrchandize & tobacco of him the said Josiah from the twentieth day
                    of August in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred
                    seventy foure until the first day of ffebruary One thousand six hun
                    dred seventy seven, & by the same tyme had received by the hands
                    of him the said Josiah of the Goods & Mrchandize of him the said
                    Josiah to the Value of thirty eight pounds eight shillings & two pence
                    half e penny stert money, a particular whereof is here in Court pro
                    duced to the end that he the said John should trade & Mrchandize with
                    the said Goods for the benifitt accompt & profitt of him the said
                    Josiah, & a reasonable accompt thereof to render when he should be
                    thereunto required Neveryeles the aforesaid John although often
                    thereunto required the same reasonable accompt to the said Josiah
                    hath not as yet rendred, but the same to render hath denyed & still
                    doth deny, whereupon he the said Josiah saith he is damnified & hath
                    losse to the Value of Sixteen thousand pounds of tobacco & there
                    upon he bringeth his suite.
                     And the said John Edmondson by Robert Ridgely his Attorney
                    cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty
                    to imparle hereunto untill next Court & itt is granted unto him, the
                    same day is given to the said Josiah also
                     Now here att this day to witt the Eleventh day of June in the
                    third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annocp
                    Doni 1678. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid And
                    the said Jno Edmondson by his said Attorney saith, that he cannot
                    deny the aforesaid action of the aforesaid plaintiffe neither but
                    that he was the Receiver of the Goods Mrchandizes & tobacco of him
                    the said Josiah by the tyme aforesaid in the forme in which the said
                    plaintiffe hath above declared agt him, & further the said Defendt
                    saith that he is ready to accompt thereof. Whereupon itt is con
                    sidered by the Court here that Auditors be appointed to audite &
                    state the accompts between the said Josiah Bacon & John Edmondson
                    And doe hereby Order & appoint John Darnall & Richard Keene
                    gentt to Audite & state the same, & to make report thereof Att the
                    next Provinciall Court