86        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677.

             Liber N N  ber 1677 Came the said John Peerce by his Said Attorny & haveing
                    produced the said accompt and made Oath that there is justly due
                    unto him of the said accompt thirteene hundred & forty pounds of
                    tobacco. Whereupon it is granted by the Court here That the said
                    John Peerce recover against the estate of the Said Thomas Dent the
                    said Summe of thirteene hundred & forty pounds of tobacco damages
                    occasioned by the trespas aforesaid together with five hundred eighty
                    eight pounds of tobacco cost of suite

                   John Watson 1 Stephen Murty late of St Maries County otherwise
                       agt called Stephen Murty of the County of st Maries
                  Stephen Murty j in the Province of Maryland Inn Keeper was Sum
                               oned to answer unto John Watson mercht in a plea
                    that he render unto him the Summe of two thousand Seventy six
                    pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly deteineth.
                     And whereupon the said John by Kenelm Chese!dyn his Attorny
                    saith that whereas the Said Stephen the Sixth day of June 1676 by
                    his certaine bill or writeing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of the
                    Said Stephen & here in Court produced whose date is the day and
                    yeare abovesaid did bind himselfe his heirs executrs admrs or assignes
                    to pay or cause to be paid unto John Watson merchant his heirs
                    executrs admrs assignes or to his lawfull Attorny the full & just
                    summe of Two thousand Seventy & six pounds of good Sound
                    merchantable tobacco & caske to be paid at or before the tenth day of
                    October next ensueing the date thereof at some convenient Landing
                    in Brittons Bay or in st Georges Hundred Notwithstanding which
                    the said Stephen Murty the said summe of two thousand seventy six
                    pounds of tobacco according to the tenor of his said bill Obligatory
                p.  366 hath not paid though often thereunto required but the same to pay
                    hath denyed & as yet doth deny to the damage of the said John
                    Watson foure thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth
                    his suite.
                     And the said Stephen by John Jones his Attorney cometh &
                    defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty to im
                    parle hereunto untill next Court & it is granted unto him the same
                    day is given to the John Watson
                     Att which next Court to witt the fifth day of October in the yeare
                    of Our Lord 1677 Came the said John Watson by his said Attorny
                    & offered himselfe against the said Stephen in the plea aforesaid &
                    the said Stephen in his proper person came also & the said Stephen
                    saith nothing in barr or avoidance of the action aforesaid whereupon
                    the said John remaineth against the said Stephen thereof wholly
                    undefended Whereupon it is granted by the Court here that the
                    said John Watson recover against the said Stephen Murty the summe
                    of two thousand seventy six pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid
                    together withpounds of tobacco costs of suite & the
                    said Stephen in mercy &c.