Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.     269

     Gerrard Slye was found in arreares to him the Said James the           Liber W. C.
     Sume of Nineteene pounds Seaventeene Shillings & Seaven pence          p. 614
     Sterling & One thousand foure hundred Seaventy and one pounds
     of Tobacco, And soe being thereof Indebted the said Gerrard Slye
     in Consideracon thereof did Assume upon himself and to the said
     James did faithfully promise to pay to the Said James Bowling
     the aforesaid Nineteene Pounds Seaventeene Shillings & seaven
     pence Sterling, and fourteene hundred Seaventy and One pounds
     of tobacco when he should be thereunto requested Notwithstanding
     the said Gerrard Slye the aforesaid promise & Assumption in noe
     wise regarding but Endeavouring and fraudulenly intending him
     the said James of the said Seaverall Sumes of Nineteen pounds
     Seaventeene shillings and Seaven pence sterling and fourteen hun
     dred seaventy & one pounds of Tobacco Craftily and Subtilly to
     deceive and Defraude, the said Seaverall Sumes of Nineteene pounds
     Seaventeene shillings and Seaven pence Sterling and ifourteen hun
     dred seaventy and one pounds of Tobacco to the sd James Although
     thereunto the said Gerrard Afterwards (that is to say) the two &
     twentyeth day of ffebruary in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand
     Six hundred Eighty one Att Westwood in the Said County by him
     the said James was required, but the same to him to pay hath
     hitherto altogether denyed and refused And still doth denye and
     refuse to pay the same To the Damage of the said James Twenty
     thousand pounds of Tobacco And thereupon he bringeth his Suite
       And the said Gerrard Slye by Thomas Burford his Attorney
     cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &c and Prayeth
     liberty to imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and
     it is granted unto him and the same day is given to the plt likewise
       Now here at this day (to wit) the seaventeenth day of October
     in the Seaventh yeare of the Dominion of the Right honobte Charles
     Lord Baltemore &Ca Annoq Doni One Thousand Six hundred
     eighty and two: Came the said partyes by their Attorneys afore
     said And the said Gerrard Slye by his said Attorney Sayth That
     he did not Assume upon himself in manner and forme as the said
     James above against him hath complayned And of this he putteth
     himself upon the Country. And the plt likewise. Itt is therefore
     comanded the Sheriffe of St Maryes County that he Cause to come
     here Twelve &c: by whome &ca And who neither &c: To recognize
     &c: because Aswell &c.
       On said seaventeenth day of October in the yeare aforesaid
     came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the Jurors
     Impannelled being called likewise came (to wit) Symon Wilmore,
     Henry Mitchell, ffrancis Gutterick George Hodgeson James Peter
     kin Richard Jones, Elias King, John Alward, John Miller, John
     Cassock, William Lee & Robert Gutterick, Who being Elected tryed
     and Sworne to Say the truth in the premisses upon their Oathes