344 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

the Right hono^hle the Lord Prop^ry w^ch might authorize him the said
Roger ffowkes as Deputy of the said Sheriffe of Charles County to
bring downe the body of the said John Sanders out of Charles
County and to detaine him a Prisoner in st Maryes County, and
w^thout w^ch hee Could have noe sufficient warrant to bring downe
the said Sanders from Charles County and detaine him a Prisoner in
s^t Maryes County in manner and forme as is sett forth in the said
Declaracon Nor did the said Roger ffowkes Ever claime the said
John Sanders as his Prisoner, nor any wayes signifyed Declared or
made Knowne to the said Sam^ll Dobson that hee the said Roger
was or p^rtended to bee the Keeper of the said John Sanders, or that
hee the said Roger was any way Charged W^th y^e Custody of the said
John Sanders at the suite of the said John Machen or of any other
pson whatsoever, Nor did hee the said Roger ffowkes Ever charge

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the said Sam^ll Dobson w^th the said John Sanders as being a Prisoner
at the suite of the said John Machen or of any other person whatso-
ever, All w^ch the said Roger if hee had been Legally authorized by
writt & Duely Quallifyed by warrant from the said sheriffe of
Charles County (which hee was not) Hee ought to have done,
Otherwise it was not possible for the said Sheriffe of S^t Maryes
County or his Deputy (hee the said Roger being a stranger and out
of the Baliwick of the Sheriffe of Charles County and within the
baliwick of the said Gerrard Slye) to take Cognizance of the same,
Nor were they the said sheriffe of S^t Maryes County or his Deputy
or either of them by the Law of the Land obliged soe to doe, Hee
the said Sam^ll Dobson Knowne and sworne Officer of the said
Gerrard Slye Did at the time and place aforesaid as it was Lawfull
for him to doe, and w^ch hee Could in noe wise omitt without breach
of his oath and without perill of the said Gerrard Slye being sued
by the said Thomas Simpson for an escape, Take and arrest the
body of the said John Sanders att the suite of the s^d Thomas Simp-
son according to the Teno^r of the said writt, and the said Gerrard
Slye sheriffe of S^t Maryes County as aforesaid By reason thereof
upon the same writt the said Eleaventh day of June 1678 did indorse
and Returne unto the said Court a Csepi Corpus, and had the body of
the said Sanders ready to produce to the said Court the same day,
but the said Gerrard Slye then sheriffe of S^t Maryes County afore-
said not being Called by the said Court the said Eleaventh day of
June 1678 aforesaid to bring in the body of the said John Sanders
into Court hee the said Gerrard Slye by vertue of the said writt the
said John Sanders in safe Custody did Keepe untill the said Twelfth
day of June 1678 aforesaid, att w^ch time the said Gerrard was by the
said Court Comanded to bring forth the body of the said John
sanders according to the Teno^r of the said writt at the suite of the
said Thomas Simpson And thereupon the said Gerrard did then and
there produce the body of the said John Sanders and the same