84        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1681.

     Liber W. C. said Gerrard Slye by force of the said writ Afterwards and before
                 the Returne thereof the body of the said Marmaduke did take and
                 Detaine till he satisfied the debt & costs aforesd & of him Did receive
                 satisfaccon of the Debt & Costs aforesaid amounting in the whole
                 to the sume of One thousand One hundred Ninety and three pounds
                 of Tobacco Yet the said Gerrard Slye minding and intending the
                 Said William Thomas of the One thousand one hundred ninety three
                 pounds of Tobacco Craftily and Subtilly to Defraud & Deceive, the
                 said sume of One thousand one hundred Ninety three pounds of
                 Tobacco to him the said Gerrard Slye by the said Marmaduke soe
                 satisfyed as aforesaid, to him the said William Thomas hath not
                 paid or satisfyed though often thereunto Requested but the same
                 to pay and satisfy doth now Denye and Refuse Whereupon he sayth
                 he is Damnifyed & hath lost to the Vallue of Three thousand pounds
                 of Tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his suite
                 And the said Gerrard Slye by Robert Ridgely his Attorney Com
                 eth and Defendeth the force and Injury when &c 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 at this day to wit the Nineteenth day of November in
                 the sixth yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord
                 Baltemore &c Annoq Doni. 1681 Came the said partyes by their
                 Attorneys aforesaid and the said Gerrard Slye by his said Attorney
                 sayth that he is in noe wise guilty of the prmisses above Imposed
                 Upon him in manner and forme as the said William in his Declara
                 con against him hath complained & of this he putts himselfe Upon
                 the Country, and the plantiffe also: Therefore itt is Comanded the
                 sheriffe of St Maryes County that he Cause to Come here Twelve &ca
                 by whome &ca and Who neither &c To Recognize &Ca because as-
                 well &ca
                   On wch said Nineteenth day of November in the yeare aforesaid
                 Came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the Jurors
                 Impannelled being Called likewise came (to wit) Philip Lynes,
                 Anthony Dawson, John Richardson, William Hill, John Evans, Wil
                 liam Stevens, William Mishew, Rhoderick lLoyd, Richard Edelen,
                 Henry Exon, John Paler, & Solomon Day Who being elected tryed &
                 sworne to say the truth in the prmisses Upon their oathes doe say
                 that the said Gerrard Slye is guilty of the premisses above by the
                 plt imposed upon him and they asesse the Damages of the Said plt
                 to six hundred and tenn pounds of Tobacco Therefore It is Con
                 sidered that the said William Thomas Recover against the said
                 Gerrard Slye asweli the aforesaid Sume of Six hundred & Tenn
                 pounds of Tobacco Damages by the Jurors aforesaid in forme afore
                 said assesed as also the sume of Eleaven hundred and ffifty foure
                 pounds of lobacco for Costs of suite, and the said Deft in Mery &ca.