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Charles County Court Proceedings, 1662-1666. 543 entered his suit humbly Crauing order of Court for his sayd debt with Liber B Cost and Charge of Suit: Whearupon the defendant Craued an abaetment of the write by Reason that when the debt was incured the sayd heugh Lee beeing ded and thear for not dew from her as the Plt hath declared as the Relict of heugh Lee and further the defendant Requested that the Pit might Produce any such specialty for the sayd debt as bee aileaged in his declaration and bee then woold Confes a iudgment Whearupon the sayd Esq Caluert alleaged that the Pit had at his going horn for England the last yeare giuen all his bills to bee Re- corded to the Cike of the Prouinciall Records and that now at his the sayd Caluerts Coming upe hee had taken a Coppy thearof and in his iourney had Lost the same and thear for now most humbly Craueth a iury and withall that Mr Humphry Warren of Poynton might bee sworne to deliuer the truth of his knowledg in this buisnes to the Jury which was granted and the sayd Warren sworne in open Court to deliuer the truth of his knowledg in this buisnes to the iury which hee to them did as thay affirmed: The Jury beeing impannelled thear names are as followeth: Mr humphery Warren John Cage francis Wine Thomas Baker [p. 400] Richard dod John Duglas ignatius Causeene George harris Jhon Lam- bert Thomas Allonson Nicholaus Emerson Thomas Allcoke Who beeing all Present the Judge of the Court Mr henry Addames demanded of them who shoold bee thear forman thay Choas Mr Humphery Warren the Marchant for thear foarman Whearupon that sayd Mr Henry Addames, in open Court Upon the holy Euangelist Swared them to bring in thear trew Verdit, in a differance depending between William hollingesworth Plt: and Wil- liam Price and Hanna his wife as the relict of hewgh Lee deceased defendants Whearupon the whole buisnes depending was unto the forman of the sayd Jury Deliuered and hee and thay Retiring and tacking the aforsayd buisnes into thear serious Cogitations afterwards Presented themselues befor the Court and each man beeing by his Respectiue name Called the aforsayd Mr henry Addames demanded of them whether thay wear agreed in thear verdit or no and thay all answering that thay wear hee againe demanded of them who shoold deliuer in thear verdit and thay againe unanimously Replyed thear foarman Whearupon the sayd Mr Addames demanded thear verdit of the forman Who then Required according unto the Custom of the Pro- uinciall Court an order of Court against him that was Cast for thirty pounds of tobacco A man Whearupon it is ordered that the Party Cast shall allow unto the Jury three hundered and sixty pounds of tobacco and Cask Whearupon the forman deliuered in thear verdit as followeth in wrighting: which is as followeth |
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