196        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.

    Liber W. C. Yorke to inhabit) To take the Peticoner with him to New Yorke &
                there Keepe him untill the said Thomas the Peticoners father
                should come thither himself, Upon wh the Peticonr Leaveing his
                ffather went with the said Beauleiu to New Yorke, and there con
                tinued him some short time untill the Occasions of the said
                Beauleiu Calling him abroad to worke for a considerable time Hee
                the said Beaulein was forced to leave the Peticoner wth One of the
                Neighbours Called Maneir till his returne from work, Whereupon
                the said Maneir tooke his Oppertunity and Ran away from New
                Yorke and came into this Province with a scandalous woman & deceit
                fully brought the Peticoner hither & sold him for Seaven yeares to

                John Baker Inneholder for the consideration of Two thousand Pounds
                of Tobacco, Whereof the said Maneir hath received of the said
                Baker onely Eight hundred pounds of Tobacco All wch the said
                Peticoner Could produce Witnesses to Prove, And soe the said
                Peticoner humbly prayed that this Court would take the prmisses
                into their serious consideracon & that he may be sett ffree he being
                sold contrary to all Justice & Equity, Wch Peticon being read and
                heard It is the Oppinion & Judgment of this Court that the said
                Peticoner is Wrongfully sold by the sd Maneir to the said Baker
                ffor that the said Maneir had not any right or title in him as Soe or
                any otherwaies to Dispose of him to the said Baker or any other
                person Whatsoever & that the said Peticoner Ought to be sett ffree,
                Therefore It is Considered by the Court here that the said Thomas
                DIgnio Bee and is hereby acquitted and made free from all servi
                tude the said Baker may or can claime from him by vertue of
                the said sale from the said Maneir. or any other pson or psons
                whatsoever:

         To the Honoble the Justices of the Provinciall Court
                 The humble Peticon of Mary Strattle
                Sheweth
                  That yor Peticoner being consigned from Dublin by one Mr Leviter
                unto Mr Addison in this Province, and by W Addison sold to the
                Honoble the Secretary, & from the honoble Secretary to one Daniel
                Devine of st Maryes County by Indenture for foure yeares
                Indenture yor Peticoner at first arrivall into this Province delivered
                unto her said Master Mr Addison, That Yor Peticoner when she
                were sold to the Honoble the secretary Demanded her Indenture of
                the said Mr Addison Who replyed that his Honor would be unto her
                a good Master & that she had better Serve him five yeares then
                her foure Yor Peticoner was afterwards sold to one Daniel Devine
                from his honor the secretary and yor Peticoner not any wayes when
        p. 553  her time of foure yeares as by Indenture she came ffor were Ex
                pired, misdoubting, Did not againe Demand of the said Addison
                her Indenture