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83 To Assist in the Navigating the said Shipp or to suffer the said Master to deliver the Remainder of the said Goods to Leach being bound as aforesaid The Comp.lt thereupon applyed himselfe to the said Leach who (as the Comp.lt verily beleived) was acquainted with his Imployers Condicon combining with the said Fullford how to defraud the Comp.lt of the lure of the said Shipp & the Seamens wages Victualls & Port dutyes aforesaid which the Comp.lt desired him to pay or secure he the said Edward Leach not only refused soe to doe pretending the same was not yet due or payable but did demand the said Goods (made over as Security as aforesaid) by vertue of his Bills of Lading forgained as aforesaid & Comanded the Comp.lt with the said Shipp & Seamen to sayle to the Port of London without shipping one pound of tobacco on her bit to lett her goe empty Which the said Seamen understanding and that if the said Master parted with the said Goods (security as aforesaid) they would have their pay secured out of the said shipp furniture & tackle lid which done they refused to sayle And thereupon the said Edward Leach takeing advantage thereof did not only drawe a Protest against the Comp.lt but hath brought three severall Accons against the Comp.lt one for breach of the said Charterparty & the other two on the said two Bills of Ladeing & proceeds with all violence therein intending as much as in him lyes to ruine the Comp.lt contrary to Equity Therefore & forasmuch as matters of this nature are only proper for a Court of Equity the Comp.lt insrtrictnes of Lawe being not able to Inforce paym.t for the hire of the said Shipp till the Certificate returned as aforesaid & to have security for the same & to indemnpnifie the Comp.lts said Shipp from the Seamens wages aforesaid and for that there is an apparent fraud in the said Fullford & Leach to defeat the Comp.lt & others his owners of the hire of the said Shipp by sending her home empty yett sueing for the said Goods (which are as security as aforesaid) against which fraud he humbly craved the aid & assistance of this Hon.ble Court & that the said Fullford & Leach might answer the p.rmisses & be ordered to pay or Indempnifie the Comp.lt & Shipp from the said Seamens wages & from Port dutyes paid & to be paid & pay & secure the pay for the Victualling of the said Shipp & pay or secure the pay for the hire of the said Shipp by & out of the Goods shipped on board the said Shipp & that the Goods remaining in the said Shipp may be appraised & sold for paym.t of the same accordingly & that the said suites might be stayed by Injunction & the Comp.lt releived according to Equity was the scope of the plaintiffes Bill whereunto the Defend.t Edward Leach (the other Defend.t being absent in England) being duely served with proces for that purpose appeared & answered the said Comp.lts bill & thereby (amongst other things) did sett forth that he believed there was such a Charterparty betweene the Comp.lt & Fullford & that the Comp.lt sett sayle & was forced into Barbadoes refitt & amend but beleived itt was through the negligence (of) |
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