Excerpt from Archives of Maryland, Vol. 65: Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland 1670/1 1675; Court Series The history Of the Provincial Court from its establishment soon after the founding of the Province down to its abolishing in 1805 has been told so often, in introductions to former volumes Of the Archives of M dryland and in the books Of Bozman, Thomas, Steiner, Newbold and Judge Carroll T. Bond, that no good purpose would be served by repeating it here. The jurisdiction Of the Court continued to be what it ...
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Excerpt from Archives of Maryland, Vol. 65: Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland 1670/1 1675; Court Series The history Of the Provincial Court from its establishment soon after the founding of the Province down to its abolishing in 1805 has been told so often, in introductions to former volumes Of the Archives of M dryland and in the books Of Bozman, Thomas, Steiner, Newbold and Judge Carroll T. Bond, that no good purpose would be served by repeating it here. The jurisdiction Of the Court continued to be what it had been. All felonies punishable by loss of life or Of limb, and all civil cases involving 3000 pounds Of tobacco or more must originate there, and smaller cases could originate there if the judges wanted to consider them. Daniel Jenifer, innholder, lawyer and one - time clerk of the Court, claimed Lodowick Martin owed him 308 pounds Of tobacco, and the Provincial Court heard and decided his case. With tobacco at a penny a pound, we have the Court interesting itself in something worth not much more than a pound sterling (post, pp. 364-365 Cases originating in the county courts could be and were appealed to the Provincial Court, even when the sum Of the debt involved was much less than the stipulated 3000 pounds Of tobacco. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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