308        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

  Liber W. C.   ton the twentyeth day of October aforesaid into his custody did
                take and him the said Nehemiah in the Custody of him the said
                William then and still sheriffe of the County aforesaid at New
                towne aforesd did deteyne But the said William Boareman being
                then and still sheriffe of the said County of st Maries not Regarding
                the duty of his said Office of sheriffe Nor his oath taken for his
                due Execution of the same Craftily and subtilly intending to deceive
                & defraud the said Gernard Slye of the said seaverall sumes of Two
                thousand sixty seaven pounds of tobacco and Two hundred twenty
                six pounds of Tobacco The third day of November 1679 afore
                said at Newtowne aforesaid within the County aforesaid him the
                said Nehemiah Blackiston at Large whether he would to goe and
                escape without the Lycence & consent & against the will of the said
                Gerrard Slye did permitt, The said Two thousand sixty seaven
                pounds of Tobacco and the said Two hundred twenty six pounds
         p. 646 of Tobacco or any part thereof to the said Gerrand being not
                satisfyed, And the said Nehemiah Blakiston Ever since to places
                to the said Gerrard unknowne did and yet doth absent and Eloyne
                himself soe that the said Gerrard thereby hath totally Lost the
                benifit and advantage of the Recovery of the said Two thousand
                Sixty Seaven pounds of Tobacco and two hundred twenty Six
                pounds of Tobacco Whereupon the said Gerrard sayth he is hin
                dered in the Admrton aforesaid & hath damage to the Vallue of ffoure
                thousand Pounds of Tobacco and thereupon he brings his suite,
                And the said Gerrard produceth his Letters of Administracon aforesd
                whereby it may appeare to the Court here that he is Admr of Richard
                Chilman deceased as aforesaid
                  And the said Gerrard Slye by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney
                cometh and defendeth the force & injury when &c and Prayeth liberty
                to Imparle hereunto untill 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 One and thirtyeth day of March
                in the Eighth yeane of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles
                Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni 1683: Came the said Partyes by
                their Attorneys aforesaid and the said William Boareman by his
                said Attorney sayth that the said Gerrard Slye Admr of the said
                Richard Chilman his Accon aforesd against him the said William
                Boareman high sheriffe as aforesaid Ought not to have ffor that he
                sayth that the said William Boareman did Execute the said writ of
                Capias ad satisfaciendum of the said Lord Proprietary against the
                body of the said Nehemiah Blackiston at the suite of the said
                Gerrard Slye Admr of the said Richard Chilman as by the said writ
                he was required, who after Execution of the said writ in pant of
                satisfaction of the said Execution did pay unto him the said
                William the sume of One thousand seaven hundred and tenn
                pounds of tobacco, and did also tender the sume of ffive hundred