48 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679.

Liber VV. C.

John Body the Sume of twelve hundred & Sixty pounds of tobacco
to be paid to the said John Body his Exec^rs Adm^rs or assignes To
which paym^t he the said John Quigley did binde himselfe his heyres
Ex^rs & Adm^rs Neverthelesse the said John Quigley the said sume of
twelve hundred & forty pounds of tobacco or the said sume of
twelve hundred & Sixty pounds of tobacco unto him the said
John Body though often thereunto required hath not paid, but the
same to pay hath denyed & still doth deny to the damage of the said
John Body three thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he brings
his suite
And the said John Quigley by Robert Ridgely his Attorney com-
eth & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth liberty to
imparle hereunto untill next Provintiall Court & itt is granted unto
him the same day is given to the plaintiffe likewise
Now here att this day to witt the Fifteenth day of Octob^r in the
fourth yeare of the Dominion of the right Hon^ble Charles Lord Bal-
temore &c Annoq Doni 1679 came the said parties by their Atorneys
aforesaid And the said John Quigley by his said Attorney saith
that he is content that judgment passe against him for the Sume of
twelve hundred & forty pounds of tobacco Therefore itt is considered
that the said John Body recover against, the said John Quigley as
well the Sume twelve hundred & forty pounds of tobacco debt As
also five hundred thirty seven pounds of tobacco cost of suite And
the Defend^t in mercy &c

p. 46

Comand was given to the Sheriffe of Charles County that he
should take W^m Wells late of Charles County otherwise called
W^m Wells of Portobacco Creek in Charles County in the Province
of Maryland if he should be found in his bailywick & him safely keep
so that he haue his body before the Justices of the Provintiall Court
the third day of June last past to Answer unto Abraham Blagg in
a plea that he render unto him thirty Eight thousand one hundred &
twenty pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth & unjustly detaineth.
On which said day came as well the said Abraham Blagg by Kenelm
Cheseldyn his Attorney as the said Sheriffe of the County aforesaid
who made returne of the writt aforesaid that the body of the said
W^m Wells he tooke, & that he now had him ready, whereupon the
said Defend^t is ordered by the Court here to remaine in the custody
of the same Sheriffe untill he shall put in speciall baile to Answer
the said action & pay y^e Codemnacon of the Court the Court there-
upon or render his body to the keeper of the prison of the Lord
Prop^ry if he should be cast in the said action

Abraham Blagg
ag^t
W^m Wells

William Wells late of Charles County otherwise
called W^m Wells of Portobacco Creeke in Charles
County in the Province of Maryland was Sum-
oned to Answer unto Abraham Blagg in a plea