408       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

 Liber W. C.     yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord Balte
                 more &c. Anncxp Doni. 1683: to answere unto James Ringold of
                 the same County gentl in a plea of Trespass of the Case,
                  On wch said Seaven and twentyeth day of March in the yeare
                 aforesaid John Hynson gentl Sheriffe of Kent County aforesaid
                 made returne of the Writt aforesaid That by vertue thereof he had
                 taken the said Allen Smith Whose body he had here ready as by
                 the same writt he was Comanded, And the said Allen Smith came
                 thenby Robert Carvile his Attorney and did Defend the force and
                 Injury when &c. prayed Liberty to Imparle hereunto untill next
                 Court and it is granted unto him And the same day is given to the
                 plantiffe also.
                  Now here at this day (to wit) the eight and twentyeth day of
                 June in the yeare aforsd came the said partyes by their Attorneys
                 aforesaid and the said James Ringold by his said Attorney refuseth
                 to make any farther psecution against the said Allen Smith in the
                 plea aforesaid Itt is therefore considered by the Court here that
                 the said James Ringoid take nothing by his writ aforesaid, but be
                 in mercy for his false Clayme therein And that the said Allen Smith
                 may goe thereof without day And that the said Allen Smith Re
                 cover against the said James Ringold the sume of Nine hundred
                 fifty & one pounds of tobacco for his Costs and charges. by him
                 about his defence in this behalfe Layd Out and expended And the
                 said Allen smith may have thereof Execution


                George Powell Cleoborne Lomax late of Charles County other—
                    agt wise called Cleoborne Lomax of Charles County
              Cleoborne Lomax     in the Province of Maryland was Sumoned to
                             answere unto George Powell of a plea that he
                 render unto him One thousand seaven hundred pounds of Tobacco
                 wch to him he oweth and unjustly detaineth
                  And Whereupon the said George by Robert Carvile his Attorney
          p. 728 sayth That Whereas the Said Cleobourne upon the Twelfth day of
                 October in the yeare of Our Lord One thousand six hundred eighty
                 and one by his Certaine bill or writeing Obligatory sealed with the
                 seale of him the said Cleobourne and here in Court produced whose
                 date is the day and yeare abovesaid, Did acknowledge himself to
                 owe and stand Justly indebted unto the said George Powell in the
                 full and Just sume of seaventeene hundred pounds of good sound
                 Marchantable Leafe Tobacco and Caske, To be paid to the said
                 George Convenient in Charles County aforesaid upon the Tenth
                 day of October next ensueing the date of the said bill, Yet Notwith
                 standing the said Cleobourne the said sume of Seaventeene hundred
                 pounds of tobacco according to the tenor of the said bill though
                 often thereunto requested hath not paid or satisfyed but ye same
                 to pay & satisfy hath hitherto denyed and refused and still doth