400 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

Justices there; the fourteenth day of May 1680: Against Gerrard
Slye gentl for breach of a Certaine Act of Assembly Entituled an
Act for Limitacon of Officers ffees. And had thereupon in the said
Court the said ffourteenth day of May 1680 Recovered against the
said Gerrard Slye the Sume of six thousand Pounds of Tobacco or
forty pounds SterI being the forfeiture upon the breach of the said
Act Whereof the said Lord Prop^ry were to have Three thousand
Pounds of Tobacco or Twenty Pounds Sterl for his moyety, and
the said Abraham Who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for him-

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self prosecuted the other three thousand pounds of Tobacco or
Twenty pounds sterl for his Moyety. & Whereas also the said Abra-
ham who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for himself psecuted
had Recovered against the said Gerrard his treble damages Sus-
tained by Occasion of the p^rmisses amounting to the Sume of
Seaven thousand Eight hundred and sixty pounds of Tobacco ac-
cording to the forme of the Act Aforesaid, as also the Sume of
One thousand forty Two Pounds of Tobacco for Costs of Suite
Itt was therefore Comanded the said Sheriffe that of the goods and
Chattles of the said Gerrard Slye If they Should bee found in his
baliwick hee should Cause to bee made aswell the said sume of Six
thousand Pounds of Tobacco or forty pounds Sterl w^ch the said
Abraham Blagg who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for himself
prosecuted as aforesaid in the said Court before the said Justices
Recovered against the said Gerrard as aforesaid The one Moyety to
the said Lord Prop^ry and the other Moyety to the said Abraham
Who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for himself psecuted as
aforesaid, as also the said Sume of Seaven thousand Eight hundred
sixty pounds of Tobacco W^ch the said Abraham Who aswell for the
said Lord Prop^ry as for himself prosecuted in the Court aforesaid
before the Justices aforesaid had Likewise Recovered against the
said Gerrard for his Treble damages aforesaid as also the Sume of
One Thousand forty two Pounds of Tobacco w^ch to him the said
Abraham who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for himself prose-
cuted in the said Court were adjudged for his Costs of suite w^ch
hee by occasion of the premisses had sustained Whereof hee is Con-
vict, and when hee had the same Soe made as aforesaid or any part
thereof the same in his Custody Keepe Soe that hee have the
same here the ffi f teenth day of ffebruary in the sixth yeare of
the dominion of The Right Hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore &c
Annoq? Dominj 1680 to Rend^r to the said Lord Prop^ry and the said
Abraham Blagg who aswell for the said Lord Prop^ry as for himself
prosecuted as aforesaid, On w^ch said fifteenth day of ffebruary
aforesaid William Boareman Sheriffe of the County aforesaid made
Returne of the writt aforesaid That by Vertue thereof hee hath
taken Two Neagroes named Prince, & Hamm Whome hee hath
Ready as the said writt Requires