The other was against a boy of twelve for neglecting the cattle, and permitting them to trespass on the lands of a neighbor.

He was sentenced to receive a good switching--that is, to be beaten with a small stick by the constable of the plantation.
Several apprentices then appeared and made a few trivial complaints against 'busha.' They were quickly adjusted.

These were all the complaints that had accumulated in five weeks.
The principal business which called Mr.Bourne to the plantation, as we have already remarked, was the appraisement of an apprentice.

The appraisers were himself and a local magistrate.

The apprentice was a native born African, and was stolen from his country when a boy.