236 Charles County Court Proceedings, 1668—16 70.

         Liber D   1668 in the xxxviith yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c had &
               received from the Said Edmond divers parcells & quantitys of Drinke
               & other ordinary accomodacons a particular accot whereof is here
               in Court by the Said Edmond produced amounting to the Sume of
               foure hundred ninety Eight pounds of tobaccoe the Said william did
               in Consideracon thereof then assume on himselfe & to the Said
               Edmond did faithfully promise tht he the sd Willm the Sd Sume of
               498th of tobaccoe to the Said Edmond when thereunto required
               would well & truly Satisfy & pay Notwithstanding the Said william
               his promise & assumption little minding or regarding but devising &
               frawdulently intending him the Said Edmond the Said Sume of
               498th Tobaccoe to deceive the Said Sume of 498 lb of tobaccoe to
               him the Said Edmond hath not Satisfyed but Doth altogether
               refuse to pay the Same whereupon the Said Edmond Saith he is
               damnified & hath Loss to the vallew of 8ooth of tobaccoe & thereupon
               he bringeth his Suite &c, And withall the plt produced a particular
               accöt of the Severall goods before menconed which the deft putting
               him to the proofe of.
                Ralph Coates Subpa in the behalf e of the plt Sworne & Examined
               Saith that he with his owne hands delivered severall parcells of
               drinke & other goods to the deft as is abovespecified
                Whereupon the Deft alleaging that the plt had Killed a steere of
               his the Sd Defts & had not given him any accot thereof whereupon
               the plt Compounded with the Sd Deft to allow him the Sd Deft for
               the Said Steere the Sume of 325 lb of Tobaccoe & the Deft Con-
               fesseth a Judgemt for 173 lb of tobaccoe being the rema of the Said
               498 lb of tobaccoe & the plt requesting it was allowed Sixty pounds
               of tobaccoe for his two days attendance on the Court.

                Rich: Fowkes being Attached to answer to Edmond Lendsey in a
               plea of trespasse upon the Case for the Sume of One hundred twenty
               Fight pounds of tohaccoe the accot having been first proved by the
               oathes of Edmond Lendsey & Ralph Coates by his Atturney Con-
               fesseth Judgement for the Said Sume of 128 lb of Tobacco wth Costs
               of Suite the plt was allowed ninety pounds of tobacco for his owne &
               Evidences charges

                Richard Boughton being Attached to answer to the Said Edmond
               Lendsey In a plea of trespasse upon the Case for the Sume of One
               thousand Six hundred forty & two pounds of Tobaccoe Confesseth
               a Judgemt to the Said Edmond Lendsey for the Said sume of 1642th
               tobaccoe with Costs of Suite.

                Jacob Leak being Attached' to answer to the Sd Edmond Lendsey
               in an accon of trespasse upon the Case amounting to the Sume of
               Seventy Eight pounds of tobaccoe the accot being first proved by
               the oathes of the Said Edmond Lendsey & Ralph Coates Confesseth a