428        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

    Liber W. C. Martha Ridgely Exx of Edward English gentt sheriffe of Cecill
                Robert Ridgely decd County haveing formerly returned a Cepi
                 agt            corpus in this Cause and not haveing the
                John Hylandbody of the defendant here this Court the
                same Sheriffe in Open Court Assigned over
                to the plt in open Court the bayle bond by him taken for the appeare
                ance of the Defendant the Last Court: And the same was accepted
                of by the pits Attorney present in Court:


               Jonathan Sibrey This Cause is continued untill next Provinciall
                   agt Court by consent of Robert Carvile Attorney for
              Henry Ward    the plt and Kenelm Cheseldyn Attorney for the
                            defendt being both present in Court.


                John Bird    Comand was given to the sheriffe of Talbott
                  agt County that he take Wm Waddecar If he should
            William Waddecar be found in his Baiiwick and him Safe keepe
                             soe that he should have his body here the Thir
                teenth day of ffebruary in the Eighth yeare of the Dominion of
                the Right Honoble Charles Lord Baron of Baltemore &c. Anno
                Dominj 1682 to answere unto John Bird in a plea of trespass of
                the Case On wch the said thirteenth day of ffebruary Jonathan Sibrey
                gentt sheriffe of the County aforesaid made returne of the writ afore
                said that by vertue thereof he hath taken the said William Waddecar
                whose body he hath here ready as by the same writ he was comanded
                And the said William Waddecar came then by John Rousby his
                Attorney and defended the forth and injury when &c and prayed
                Liberty to imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and
                it was granted unto him And the same day was given to the plt
                likewise
                  Now here at this day (to wit) the Eight and Twentyeth day of
                June in ye Eighth yeare of the Dominion of the Right Honoble
                Charles Lord Baltemore &c. Annoq Doni. 1683 Came the said
                partyes by their Attorneys and ye Said John Bird refuseth to make
                any farther prosecution against the said William Waddacre in the
                plea aforesaid It is therefore considered by ye Court here that the
                said John Bird take nothing by his writ aforesaid but be in mercy
                for his false plaint therein and that the said Wm Waddecar goe
                thereof without day And that the said William Waddecar recover
                against the said John Bird the sume of ifive hundred sixty foure
                pounds of tobacco for his Costs and Charges by him about his
                defence in this behalfe Laid out and Expended, And the said Wil
                liam may have thereof Execution