278 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

S^t Maryes did make Returne of the Writt aforesaid that hee had
taken the body of the said Robert Neale Whose body hee had
Ready att the day and place w^thin required as hee was Comanded
Att w^ch said Eleaventh day of June the said Robert Neale appeared
and Moved licence to imparle till the Eleaventh day of October
following, Att w^ch said Eleaventh day of Octob^r aforesaid Came the
said William Smith by Henry Bonner his Attorney before the Jus-
tices of the said Court and declared against the said Robert Neale
for and Upon the bill or writeing obligatory aforesaid, and the s^d
Robt then and there Came also by Nehemiah Blakiston his Attorney,
and the said Robert sayd nothing in bar r of the accon of the afore-
said W^m Smith Whereby the said William Smith Remained against
the said Robert thereof wholly Undefended, Therefore It was Con-
sidered by the Court here that is to say att the City of S^t Maryes
That the said William Smith Recover ag^t the said Robert Neale
aswell the sume of Two thousand Six hundred pounds of Tobacco
debt as also ffive hundred forty ffoure pounds of Tobacco Costs of
Suite, and the deft in mercy &c: Whereupon the said W^m Smith
Upon the Seaventeenth day of October in the said Yeare of our
Lord 1678 did prosecute out of the said Court before the Justices
there another writt to the said Sheriffe of S^t Maryes County directed,
By w^ch Said writt his Lopp had also Comanded the said Sheriffe
that hee should take the said Robert Neale if hee should bee found
in his Baliwick and him Safe Keepe Soe that hee should have his
body before his Lo^pps Justices of the said Court to bee held at the
Citty of S^t Maryes the ffifth day of March then Next Ensueing to

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satisfy unto the Said William Smith the Sume of Two Thousand
Six hundred pounds of Tobacco being a certaine debt Recovered
against him before the said Justices the Eleaventh day of October
aforesaid Whereof hee was Convict, Together w^a ffive hundred
forty and foure pounds of Tobacco pounds of Tobacco & Cascp for
Costs of Suite in that behalfe Expended, and thereof hee was not
to faile att his pill and that hee had there the said writt, W^ch Said
writt afterwards and before the Returne of the Same writt (that is
to Say) the foure & Twentyeth day of October in the Said yeare of
our Lord 1678 Att Bushwood in st Maryes County aforesaid unto
the said Gerrard Slye being then Sheriffe of the said County of
S^t Maryes delivered in forme of Law to bee Executed By reason of
w^ch Said writt the said Gerrard Slye then Sheriffe of the sd County
Afterwards that is to Say the five and Twentyeth day of Octob^r
aforesaid the said Robert Neale for the Cause aforesaid Did take &
arrest and him the said Robert Neale under his Custody then and
there had and Kept & the said Robert Neale und^r the Custody of the
said Gerrard Slye for the cause aforesaid in forme aforesaid being,
the said Gerrard Slye afterwards that is to Say the first day of
March in the said yeare of our Lord 1678 then being Sheriffe of