274       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.

  Liber W. C.  Comanded the sheriffe of St Maryes County that he Cause to come
               here Twelve good and Lawfull men of his baliwick to Enquire what
               damages the said James Bowling hath sustained by Occasion of the
               premisses
                 On wch Said Nineteenth 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) Philip Lynes,
               John Bird. Daniel Clocker, Gilbert Clarke James Cullen, William
               Nowell, James Bodkin, Thomas Smithson, Henry Exon Richard
               Benton, William Dent & George Hodgeson Who to Say the truth
               in the premisses being elected tryed and Sworne Upon their Oathes
               doe say That the said James Bowling hath Sustained damages by
               Occasion of the premisses to Thirty Six thousand Six hundred and
               thirteene pounds of tobacco Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court
               here that the said James Bowling Recover against the said Gerrard
               Slye aswell the aforesaid Sume of Thirty Six thousand Six hundred
               and thirteene pounds of tobacco damages by the Jurors aforesaid in
               forme aforesaid Assessed As also the Sume of
               pounds of Tobacco for costs of suite And the Defendt in mercy &c:

               John    Bowman Robert Mason late of St Maryes County Other
                   agt wise called Robert Mason was Sumoned to an-
            Robert Mason  swere unto John Bowman of a plea that he render
                          unto him ffoure thousand seaven hundred pounds
               of tobacco and Caske wch he oweth him & unjustly detaineth &c.
                 And Whereupon the said John by Thomas Bur ford his Attorney
               sayth that whereas the said Robert the third day of June 1681 at
               Newtowne in St Maries County by his Certaine bill Obligatory wch
               the said John wth the scale of the said Robert Signed bringeth here
               into Court the date whereof is the same day & yeare Became bound
               to the said John to pay or Cause to be payd to the said John the
               said foure thousand & Seaven hundred pounds of tobacco & Caske
               at or upon the tenth day of October next Ensueing ye date of the said
               bill Neverthelesse the sd Robert although often required the said
               foure thousand & seaven hundred pounds of tobacco & Caske to ye
               said John hath not rendered but hath hitherto denyed and doth Still
               denye To the Damage of the Said John of Two thousand pounds
               of Tobacco and thereof he bringeth his suite &Ca
                 And the said Robert Mason by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney
        p. 619 cometh & defendeth the force and Injury when &ca and Prayeth
               liberty to Imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is
               granted unto him The same day is given to the plantiffe likewise
                 Now here at this day (to wit) the Seaventeenth day of October
               in the seaventh yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles
               Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni. 1682: Came the said John Bowman
               by his Attorney aforesaid and Offered himself against the said