170 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.
p. 153

Suffered him to goe, the said County not Kept harmlesse from
the Charge of the said Honor sheham her Bastard child, nor the
said Richard Gold satisfied of his Damages, By w^ch the said Robert
Nicholas to place to the said Vincent altogether unknowne did
w^thdrawe himself, and that afterwards the said Robert was not nor
is not yet found in the said County nor did the said Robert appeare
or putt in Security to save the County harmlesse or to make the
said Richard Gold satisfaction for his Damages aforesaid, in Con-
tempt of his Lopp the Lord Prop^ry and to the Damage of the said
Vincent Tenn thousand pounds of tobacco, and against his Lopps
Peace Whereupon hee bringeth his suite
And the said John Quigley by Robert Ridgely his Attorney com-
eth and defendeth the force and Injury when &c and prayeth Lib-
erty to imparle hereunto untill next provinciall Court, and it is
granted unto him the same day is given to y^e plantiffe alsoe
Afterwards to witt the seaventeenth day of ffebruary in the ffifth
yeare of the Dominion of the R^tt hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore
&c Annoq Dominj 1679 Came the said parties by theire Attornyes
aforesaid, and the said Jn^o Quigley by his said Attorney saith that
hee is in noe wise guilty of the p^rmisses above imposed upon him in
manner and forme as the said pl^t above against him hath Com-
playned, and of this hee puts himself upon the Country, & the
p^lt alsoe

Therefore Comand is giuen to the sheriffe of st Maryes County
that hee Cause to Come here twelve &c by whome &c and who
neither &c. to Recognize &c because aswell &c :
On w^ch said Seaventeenth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid
Came the said parties by theire Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors
impannelled being called likewise Came. To witt. Thomas Cosden.
Joseph Tilley. William Thomas. Marmaduke Semme, Sam^ll Holds-
worth, John King. William Husbands, Thomas Sedwicke George
Holland, Robert Mason, ffrancis Corbett, & James Lewis who being
elected Tryed and sworne to say the truth in the premisses Upon
theire oathes Doe say That the said John Quigley is guilty of the
p^rmisses above imposed upon him by the said Vincent, and they

cisscssc the Damage of the said Vincent Lowe to Two Thoueand

Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco) Which Verdict of the Jurors
aforesaid being heard, the Defend^t by his Attorney aforesaid moved
the Court here in Arrest of Judgment, Day is thereupon given to
both partyes untill next Provinciall Court
Att w^ch said next Provinciall Court (to witt) the fifteenth day
of May in the fifth yeare of the Dominion of the R^t hono^ble Charles
Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dom 1680 Came the said parties by
theire Attorneys aforesaid, and the said def^t by his said Attorney
for Reason for arrest of Judgment upon the verdict of the Jurors
aforesaid, sayth, That the pl^t declares agt the Def^t in an Accon of