412       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

 Liber W. C.     Joshua the sd Negroe to him the said James to render and restore
                 hath hitherto denyed & refused and ye same Negroe to him to render
                 and restore doth still denye & unjustly detaine To the damage of the
                 said James One hundred pounds sterling and thereupon he bringeth
                 his suite
                  And the said Joshua Doyne by Thomas Burford his Attorney
                 cometh & 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 third day of July in the Eighth
                 yeare 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 Joshua Doyne by his said Attorney sayth that
                 he the said Joshua did not take and Carry away the sd Negroe nor
                 the same from the same James detaine in manner and forme as the
                 said James hath above declared against him And of this he putts
                 himselfe upon the Country. And the plt likewise, Itt is therefore
                 comanded the sheriffe of St Maries 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 third day of July in the yeare aforesaid came the
                 ptyes aforesaid by their Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors im
                 pannelled being Called likewise came (to wit) Phillip Lynes Rich
                 ard Keene John Hungerford Richard Royston John Power Samuel
                 Dobson John Wilkenson, Thomas Stonestreet James Phillips,
                 Stephen Murty Dennis Hurley Hugh Hopewell Who being elected
                 tryed and sworne to say the truth in the premisses Upon their Oathes
                 doe say That the said Joshua Doyne did take and carry away the
                 said Negroe man named Matthew and him doth unjustly detaine
                 in manner & forme as the said James Mills hath above declared
                 against him, Wch verdict of the Jurors aforesaid being read &
                 heard the said Joshua Doyne by his attorney aforesaid moved in
                 arrest of Judgment and day is thereupon given to both partyes
                 untill tomorrow morning
                  On wch day (to wit) the fourth day of July of July in the yeare
                 aforesaid came the said James Mills by his Attorney aforesaid and
                 Offerred himself against the sd Joshua Doyne of and upon the
                 premisses aforesaid but the said Joshua to file his reasons for arrest
                 ing the Judgment upon the verdict of the Jurors aforesaid came not
                 but made default, Itt is therefore considered by the Court here that
                 the said James Mills Recover against the said Joshua Doyne his
                 damages by him Sustained by occasion of the takeing carryeing
                 away and detaineing of the Negroe by the said Joshua as afore
                 said, but because it is not Knowne to the Court here what damages
                 the said James hath Sustained by occasion thereof It is therefore
                 ordered by the Court here that a writt of Enquiry of Damages
                 Issue thereupon returnable at the next Provinciall Court.