Provincial Court Proceedings, 1669—70.   517

      And afterwards to witt the sixtenth day of April in the xxxviiith Liber JJ
    yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c came aswell the said Thomas
    Bowdell by John Morecroft his Attorny as the said Walter Carr by
    the said Thomas Knighton his Attorny and the said Thomas
    Knighton withdrew his plea aforesaid and confest judgment for the
    debt aforesaid by nihil dicit wherefore it is considered by the Count
    here that the said Thomas Bowdell recover against the said Walter
    the said summe of three thousand pounds of tobacco with costs of
    suite.
      Costs allowed the plaintiff thinteene hundred and eighty pounds
    of tobacco.

    Thomas Notley Richard Dodd of the County of Charles County
    agt Richard Dodd was Attached by a writt of priviledge to answer
    to Thomas Notley Gent one of the Attonnyes of this Count accord-
    ing to the libentyes and priviledges of Attornyes &c in a plea of
    tnespas upon the case
      And whereupon the aforesaid Thomas in his proper person com-
    plaineth against the aforesaid Richand ton that that is to say that
    whereas the said Richard was endebted unto him the said Thomas
    in the sume of three thousand two hundred seventy eight pounds of
    tobacco for divers goods and merchandize sold and delivened by the
    said Thomas to him the said Richard and being so indebted the said
    Richard in consideration thereof the ninetenth day of July in the
    thirty eighth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c did assume upon
    himselfe and to the said Thomas did faithfully promise that he the
    said Richard the said sume of three thousand two hundred seventy
    eight pounds of tobacco to him the said Thomas when thereunto re-
    quired well and truly would satisfie and pay notwithstanding which
    the said Richard his promise and assumption litle negarding but de-
    viseing and fraudulently intending him the said Thomas of the said
    three thousand two hundred seventy eight pounds of tobacco sub-
    tilly to deceive the said three thousand two hundred seventy eight
    pounds of tobacco to him the said Thomas hath not satisfied accord-
    ing to his promise to him made in that behalfe but doth altogether
    refuse to satisfie the same to the great damage of him the said
    Thomas whereupon he saith he is dampnified and hath lost to the
    value of seven thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringes
    his suite.
      And the said Richard Dodd by Benjamin Rozer his Attorny
    cometh and defendeth the force and injury when &c and the said
    Benjamin saith that he is not informed by the said Richard his Client
    of any answer to be given wherefore the said Thomas Notley re-
    maineth against the said Richard undefended wherefore it is consid-
    ered of by the Court that the said Thomas shall recover against the
    said Richard the said summe of three thousand two hundred seventy