316       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

             Liber N N And whereupon the said Robert Edmonds by Charles Boteler his
                    Attorney complaineth, that whereas the aforesaid John Atkey was
                    Receiver of the Goods Mrchandize & tobacco of him the said Robert
                    Edmonds from the first day of Novembr in the yeare of our Lord
                    One thousand six hundred seventy & seven untill the first day of
                    March then next following, & by the same tyme received of the
                    Goods & Mrchandizes & tobaccoes of him the said Robert & att the
                    hands of the said Robert to trade & Mrchandize with all for the
                    proper accompt & benifitt of the said Robert Edmonds, that is to say
                    two barrells of Rum containing ninety gallons, twelve cask of ifyall
                    Wyne containing Eighteen gallons each cask, two barrells of Mo
                    lossus containing thirty gallons each barrell, thirty pounds of Ginger,
                    & one barrell containing three hundred & tenn pds of fine Muscavadoe
                    suger, to render his reasonable accompt of the Sales & produce of
                    the said Goods & Merchandizes when thereunto required Nevertheles
                    the said Jno Atkey though often thereunto required hath not rendred
                    his reasonable accompt of the said Goods & Mrchandizes nor the
                    Sales nor produce thereof unto the said Robert but an accompt of
                p. 553  the same to giue hitherto hath denyed & as yet doth Deny, whereupon
                    the said Robert saith he is damnified & hath losse to the Value of
                    twelve thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bring[s] his suite
                     And the said John Atkey by George Parker his Attorney comes
                    & defends the force & injury when &c & prayeth liberty to imparle
                    herein untill next Court & itt is granted unto him, the same day is
                    given to the plaintiff also.
                     Now here att this day to witt the fifteenth day of June in the third
                    yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoa3 Doni
                    1678. came the said Robert Edmonds by his said Attorney & offered
                    himselfe agt the said John Atkey in the plea aforesaid, but the said
                    John came not but made default. Therefore itt is considered by the
                    Court here that Auditors be appointed to audite & state the accompts
                    between the said Robert Edmonds & John Atkey And doe hereby
                    order & appoint Samuell Boarne & Richard Ladd of Calvert County
                    genti to audite & state the same, & to make report thereof att the
                    next Provinciall Court.

                   Richard Covell Edward Gunnell late of Baltemore County was
                       agt sumoned to Answer unto Richard Covell Mar-
                 Edward Gunnell   ryner of a plea that he render unto him his rea
                               sonable accompt of the tyme in which he was
                   Receiver of the tobacco of him the said Richard.
                     And whereupon the said Richard by Christopher Rousby his
                    Attorney saith, that whereas the said Edward Gunnell was Receiver
                    of the tobaccoes of him the said Richard, that is to say, by the hands
                    of Christopher Rousby of Calvert County three thousand & eight
                    pounds of tobacco, by the hands of Thomas Bowdie one thousand