Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 361

the Proper goods & Chattles of the said James Magruther, hee did
take and carry away, & other Enormityes to him did doe to the
Damage of him the said James Whereupon the Said James Sayth
hee is damnifyed and hath losse To the Vallue of Six pounds ster-
ling, and thereupon hee bringeth his suite
And the said Seth Biggs by Robert Ridgely his Attorney Cometh
and defendeth the force and injury when &c and Prayeth liberty to
imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it is granted unto
him the same Day is given to the Plantiffe likewise
Att w^ch said next Provinciall Court (To witt) the Two & Twenty-
eth day of ffebruary in the sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right
hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Came the said partyes by their
Attorneys aforesaid, and the said Seth Biggs by his said Attorney

Liber W. C.

Sayth, That hee is in noe wise guilty of the p^rmisses above imposed
upon him in manner & forme as the said James in his Declaracon
against him hath Complained and of this hee putts himself upon the
Country, And the p^lt alsoe Itt is therefore Comanded 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 w^ch said Two and Twentyeth day of ffebruary in the yeare
aforesaid Came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and
the Juro^rs impannelled being called likewise came (to witt) Anthony
Dawson, Thomas Hinton, Symon Spratling, William Harper, John
Powell, George Powell. William Harris, Thomas Waughopp, Wil-
liam Reede, John Bailey, Henry Hardy. & Thomas Jones, Who being
Elected Tryed and Sworne to say the Truth in the p^rmisses Upon
their oathes doe Say, That the said seth Biggs is in noe wise guilty
of the premisses above imposed upon him in manner and forme as
the said James Magruther in his Declaracon above against him hath
Complained. Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court here that the
said James Magruther take nothing by his writt aforesaid but bee
in mercy for his false plaint thereupon, and the said Seth Biggs may
goe thereof without day and also that the said Seth Biggs Recover
against the said James Magruther the Sume of One Thousand Two
hundred and foure pounds of Tobacco for his costs and charges
by him about his Defence in this behalfe Laid out and Expended,
and the said Seth may have thereof Execution

P. 330

Benjamin Lawrence

ag^t
Edward Pindar

Edward Pindar late of Dorchesf County
-Plant^r was attached to Answere unto Benjamin
Lawrence of a plea of Trespasse upon the case
And whereupon the said Benjamin Lawrence