386        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

       Liber W. C. in manner and forme as the said William Chesheire on Record in
                this Court standeth accused and convicted of the same, And this
                he is ready to verify aswell by the Records of the same Court as
                otherwise, And therefore prayeth Judgment if the said William
                Chesheire his accon ought to have
                  And the said William Chesheire by his said Attorney sayth that
                he ought not to be barred of his accon for any thing above alleadged
                And of this Craves Judgment of the Court
                  And the said Thomas Carvile by his said Attorney sayth in his
                plea above he hath said That he is not guilty of the premisses afore
                said And this he prayes may be enquired of by the Country And
                the plantiffe likewise
                  It is therefore comanded the Sheriffe of St Maryes County that
                he Cause to come here twelve &c by whome &c. and Who Neither
                &c. to recognize &c because aswell &c.
                  On wch said one and thirtyeth day of March in the yeare afore
                said came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid and the
                Jurors Impannelled being called likewise came (to wit) Richard
                Keene, John Read Robert Toate Philip Lynes Thomas Witcherly,
                John Addison Thomas Love James Yore, Matthew Turner William
                Somerhill, John Parsons & Thomas Cooke Who being elected tryed
                and Sworne to say the truth in the prmisses Upon their Oathes
                doe say that the sd Thomas Carvile is guilty of Suborning wit
                nesses against the said William Chesheire, and they Assess the
                Damages of the said William to Twenty thousand pounds of to
                bacco, Wch verdict of the Jurors aforesaid being read and heard
                the said Thomas Carvile by his Attorney aforesaid moved in arrest
                of Judgment and prayed day untill the next Provinciall Court to
                assigne the reasons for Arresting the same And it is granted unto
                him, and the same day is given to the plantiffe likewise
                  Now here at this day (to wit) the six and Twentyeth day of
                June in the yeare of our Lord 1683 aforesaid came the said William
                Chesheire by his Attorney aforesaid and Offerred himself against
                the said Thomas Carvile of and upon the premisses aforesaid but
                the said Thomas Carvile came not but made default Therefore Itt
                is Considered by the Court here that the said William Chesheire
                recover against the said Thomas Carvile aswell the aforesaid sume
                of Twenty thousand pounds of tobacco damages by the Jurors
                aforesaid in forme aforesaid Assessed as also the sume of Six
                thousand two hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco for Costs of
                suite, And the said Defendant in mercy

                Eod die
                  Allowed to Mr John Tyrling for comeing goeing and attendance
                to Testify for the Lord Propry and for William Chesheire against