456       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

          Liber N N John   Darnall Memorandum that on the thirteenth day of April in
                      agt the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord
                Jarvis Ballard  Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1678 his Lordpp sent
                            his writt of Scire facias to the Sheriffe of Calvert
                  County directed which followes in these words viz: Charles &c.
                  Whereas itt was formerly comanded you that you should Attach
                  any the Goods Chattels or Creditts of Jarvis Ballard to the Value
                  of thirty three thousand three hundred thirty & three pounds of
                  tobacco And when you had the same so Attached or any part thereof
                  to deliver the same to John Darnall And to what value you should
                  Attach & deliuer as aforesaid, you make known to our Justices of
                  our said Court the ninth day of April last past Att which said ninth
                  day of April you made returne that you had Attached in the hands
                  of Samuel Holdsworth Nine thousand three hundred pounds of
                  tobacco, in the hands of Wm Harris foure thousand pounds of
                  tobacco, in the hands of ffrancis Collier Eighty yards of Duffels
                  Valued att Eight hundred pounds of tobacco, in the hands of John
                  Peirce Eight hundred pounds of tobacco & in the hands of Mr
                  Rousby due from Capt Perry foure thousand pounds of tobacco Wee
                  therefore comand you that by good & lawfull men of yor bailywick
                  you make known to the said Samuel Holdsworth Wm Harris ffrancis
                  Collier John Peirce & Christopher Rousby that they be before our
                  Justices att our next Provinciall Court to he held aft St Maryes the
                  Eleventh day of June next to shew cause if any they haue why the
                  severall & respective sumes of tobacco aforesaid attached as afore
                  said ought not to be rendred satisfied & paid to the said John Darnall
                  Att which said Eleventh day of June the same sheriffe made returne
                  of the writt aforesaid that by good & lawfull men of his bailywick
                  he had made known to the said Samuel Holdsworth, Wm Harris,
                  ffrancis Collyer & Christopher Rousby to be & appeare as by the
                  same writt he was comanded. Afterwards to witt the twelfth day of
              p. 674  June in the yeare Aforesaid the said Samuel Holdsworth although
                  so warned being solemnly called came not but made default There
                  fore itt is granted by the Court here that the said John Darnall
                  recover against the said Samuel Holdsworth the sume of Nine thou
                  sand three hundred pounds of tobacco in his hands so Attached as
                  aforesaid.
                   Afterwards to witt the day & yeare aforesaid came the said ffrancis
                  Collyer in his proper person & made Oath in open Court that he
                  hath no Effects of the Estate of the said Jarvis Ballard in his hands
                  Therefore itt is considered by the Court here, that the said ffrancis
                  Collier recover against the said John Darnall the sume of One hun
                  dred & Eighty pounds of tobacco by him about his defence in this
                  behalfe laid out & expended
                   And the said Wm Harris by George Parker his Attorney appeares
                  & imparles untill next Court.