414 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C

Baines be and is hereby discharged out of the Custody of the sher-
iff e of st Maryes County and Delivered to the said Thomas Court-
ney, with him the said Thomas to Remaine untill some other pson
or psons shall prove a better Right & title unto her. Or she the said
Mary be free

Mary Baines Servant to James Lewis of st Maryes County
being Sworne in open Court this Nineteenth day of ffebruary
Annoq? Dom 1680 sayth
That on the second day of ffebruary instant she saw her said
Master James Lewis beat one Joseph Robinson his sarvant w^th a
stick Two seaverall times, and that the said Joseph Robinson win
three hours after such beating dyed, And that the said Joseph Robin-
son about a Weeke before his Death told this Deponent that his
Master had broke his heart w^th blowes and Kill'd him, But that hee
might Live as long as pleased god, And further sayth not
ffeb^ry y^e 19^th 1680 Nic: Painter Ct
sworne in open Court.

To the Hono^ble The Justices of the Provinciall Court
The humble Peticon of Jonathan Sybrey Sheriffe of Cecill County
Sheweth
That one Thomas King was Comitted Prison^r to yo^r peticoner
the Eighth day of June last for the Murthering of his servant, &
there Continued prisoner to yo^r Peticoner till the Twenty sixth day
of November following, att w^ch time hee was Turnd over to the
Sheriffe of st Maryes County
Yo^r Peticon^r humbly prayes yo^r Hono^rs will be Pleased to allow
yo^r Peticon^r his fees and Charges about the said Prison^r", &
bringing him downe, w^th the witnesses as underneath is men-
tioned, and Your hono" direccons how hee must be pay'd
the same
And hee shall Pray &c^a

"

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For fees for the said Prisoner from the

Eighth of June to the 26^th of Novemb^r
being one hundred seaventy two dayes

» 3440

att 20 p day is ...................

Octob^r 1680

To the charges for the sheriffes two

men & foure Witnesses & the Prison^r

Lyeing wind bound at Richard Ed-

munds in Cecill County Ordinary

..... 8oo

Keeper, when the sheriffe sent the Pris-

oner downe to Octob^r Court, staying

Two dayes & Two nights ...........