120 Provincial Court Proceedings, i6ff/8o.

Liber W. C.

persons of this Province, openly publickly and with a Loud Voyce
did speake declare and publish of the said Richard Marsham those
ffalce Scandalous and malitious Words ffollowing Viz that Rich^d
Marsham (the said pl^t meaning) Did kill his man Jenkin (the said
Jenkin Price meaning late sarvant of the said Richard Marsham
who dyed in his said service) And that hee the said William Collins
would prove it. Whereas in truth the said Richard Marsham did
never perpetrate nor comitt any such ffact as the beating of any
Sarvant till hee Were dead or killing of any humane pson whatso-
ever, By reason of the saying speaking affirmeing publishing and
declareing of w^ch said falce ffeigned scandalous infamous and Opro-
brious words the said Richard Marsham is not onely Extreamlie
hurt and Damnified in his good name ffame Creditt and estimacon
aforesaid amongst his neighbours and other ffaithfull and worthy
psons of this Province, to whome the innocency of the said Richard
in this part was unknowne Who before the Speaking and Publish-
ing the said Words were used to keepe Company and consort w^th
him the said Richard and with whome before that time the said
Richard did usually Negotiate, deale, traffick, contract, buy and sell,
and who have since withdrawne themselves from consorting & deale-
ing w^th him the said Richard, but also the said Richard is hereby
brought in perill and danger of fforfeiting of all his goods Chattells
lands and tenem^ts, and is like innocently to bee brought in danger
of his life as aforesaid And whereupon the said Richard Saith hee is
Damnified and hath Damage to the Vallue of twenty thousand
pounds of Tobacco and thereupon hee brings his Suite
And the said William Collins by Robert Ridgely his Attorney
cometh & defendeth the fforce and Iniury when &c and prayeth
liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall & itt is granted
unto him, the same day is given to the Plantiffe alsoe
Now here at this day to witt, the thirteenth day of ffebruary in
the ffifth yeare of the Dominion of the Right hono^ble Charles Lord
Baltemore &c Annoq Dominj one thousand Six hundred seaventy
nine Came the said parties by theire Attorneys afforesaid, and the
said William Collins by his said Attorney saith that hee is not Guilty
of the premisses above by the Plantiffe imposed upon him, in man-
ner and fforme as the said plantiffe hath against him Complayned
and of this hee puts himselfe upon the Country, And the Plantiffe
likewise
Therefore Command is given to the sheriffe of S^t Maryes County
that hee cause to come here twelve &c by whome &c. and who neither
&c to Recognize &c because aswell &c
On which said thirteenth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid
came the said parties by theire Attorneys afforesaid and the Jurors
Impanelled being called Likewise came, to witt Thomas Cosden,

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George Godfrey, Joseph Tilley, William Thomas, Marmaduke
Semme, Sam^ll Holdsworth, John King, James Lewis Thomas Sed-