72        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.

 Liber W. C.     for the space of Foure and Twenty houres then next ffollowing
                 detained & other Injuryes to him did to the greate Damage of the
                 said Thomas, and against his Lopps peace & Whereupon he saith he
                 is Damnified & hath Losse to the Vallue of Tenn thousand Pounds
                 of Tobacco & thereupon hee bringeth his suite
                  And the said Stephen Gary by Robert Ridgely his Attorney Corn
                 eth and Defendeth the force and Injury when &Ca and prayeth Lib
                 erty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it is granted
                 unto him the same day is given to the plantiffe Likewise
                  Now here att this day to witt the oeaventeenth day of November
                 in the sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right Honobie Charles
                 Lord Balternore &c Annoq Doni 1681 Came the said partyes by
                 their Attorneys aforesaid and the said Stephen Gary by his said
                 Attorney sayth that liee is not guilty of the premisses about Imposed
                 upon him in manner and forme as the said Thomas above against
                 him hath Complained and of this hee puts himself upon the Coun
                 try, and the plaintiffe also: Itt is therefore Comanded the sheriffe of
                 st Maryes County that hee Cawse to Come here Twelve &c by whome
                 &c and who Neither &c to Recognize &c because aswell &c.
                  On said seaventeenth day of Novembr in the yeare aforesaid
                 Came the sd partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors
                 Impanelled being Called Likewise Came to wit Philip Lynes, An
                 thony Dawson, John Richardson, Wm Hill, John Evans, William
                 Stevens, William Mishew, William Smith, Rhoderick lLoyd, Henry
                 Exon, & John Paler, Who being elected tryed & sworne to say the
                 Truth in the premisses Upon their oathes doe say That the said
                 Stephen Gary is not guilty of the premisses above imposed upon in
                 manner & forme as the said Thomas Bowman above against him
                 hath Complained Therefore Itt is Considered that the said Thomas
                 Bowman take nothing by his writ aforesaid but for his false Claime
                 thereupon be in Mercy and that the said stephen Gary goe thereof
                 without Day, and that the said Stephen Gary Recover against the
                 said Thomas Bowman the sume of five Thousand Seaven hundred
                 Seaventy and foure pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges
                 by him about his Defence in this behalfe Layd out & Expended, and
                 the said Stephen may have thereof execucon

                 James Mills
                    agt
                 Henry Johnson
                             These Two Causes being in arrest of Judgment
                 Gerrard Slye      .     .
                             are Continued untill next Provinciall Court
                    ag
                 Margaret Stagg
                 Admx Tho stagg
         p. 454 Edmond Dermot Philip Lynes late of Charles County Marchant
                    agt was attached to answere unto Edmond Dermot of
                 Philip Lynes a plea of trespasse Upon the Case