126       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

       Liber FF    Daniel Jenifer plt The plt sues the deft in a plea of tresspass upon
              Thomas Paine deft the Case for defamacon for calling the plt: un-
              Ben: Rozer p deft j worthy knaue, the plt suing by a Writt of priu-
              iledge as one of the Attorneys of this Court, The deft puts in his
              plea, and prayeth the Judgmt of the Board, whether in calling the
              plt unworthy Knaue be acconable or not
                The deft being therupon aduiz'd to ask the plt forgiuness for
              calling him unworthy Knaue, the which he did in Open Court and
              taken by the plt for sattisfaccon, Wherupon the Court Ordred that
              the deft Thomas Paine be Committed to the sherriffs Custody ther
              to remaine untill he shall finde two sufficient suretyes for his appear-
              ance next Prouinall Court and in the meane while to be of the good
              behauiour

              John Morecroft plt The plt sues the deft by a writt of Priu-
              Willm Champ deft filedge that hee render unto him an accompt
              Wm Caluert Esq & Dan from the time that he was receiuer of the
                Jenifer p defendt fGoods of the plt:, The defendt put's in his
              plea, which is as followeth (uizt)
                The defendt for answer saith, that true it is he was imployed by
              the plt: in the Art & mistery of Physick as his seruant by Indenture
              and that all accompts appertaining to the plt in relacon to that im-
              ploymt he hath long since rendred, and the remaindr of the Physick
              committed to the defendts charge were deliuered into the plts owne
              hands and possession, that all the accompts relateing to the defendts
              imploymt are now in the plts owne hand, so that the deft cannot giue
              any other accompt then what he hath allready giuen the which is
              both Just and true, and ther fore being long since discharged from
              the plts seruice he humbly Conceiues that he ought now no other
              accompt to rendr Plts reply tht he hath not gluen him an acct The
              deft likewise producing the plts discharge on the back side of the
              defts Indenture from his time of seruice to dispose of himselfe as
       [p. 391]    hee pleaseth hauing fully serued his time, and therupon the deft
              crau'd a Jury to goe upon the meritts of the whole cause which was
              by the Board allowed him
                Wherupon warrt is issued to the sherriffe to impannell a Jury of
              twelue able men forthwth Who returned their names as followeth
              Foreman Thomas Lomax Patrick Forrest John Gittings
                   John Foxhall   Curtis Fletcher Wm Harper
                   Thomas Hatton  Nico Fline Thomas Paine
                   Wm Hatton      John Whahob Joseph Harrison
              being all called by their names and sworne they went forth to Con-
              sider of the prmisses And returning againe into Court, they humbly
              Crau'd their charges wch was allowed according to the Act of Assem-
              bly, then they deliuered in their uerdict endorc't on the back side of
              the de fendts Indenture thus