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       Whearupon the defendant Craued an order of Court for his Liber C
     Charges which is as followeth (Viz)         [p.73]
        a nonsuit     100    ? his too witneses 3 days 180
      6 day for Will Caluert                      apeece at 30 day
     Esq tht is for Coming and                     ? 3 days for Mr Thomas
     going from and too saint                  2  Stone the last Court
     Maries & one days tendance                        —
       ? Atturneys fee 060                   270
                                             370
                      370                    640

       It is thearfor ordered that the plantiue pay unto the defendant
     for his Charge of suit six hundered and forty pounds of tobacco
     and; Caske as by the Aboue specified accoump demonstrats mor
     playnly the particulars.
       William Caluert Esq As the Lord Proprietarys Atturney Re-
     questeth that Nicholaus Emerson might haue his oath giuen him
     to declaer what Estate hee hath of John Bruertons in his hands by
     reason that hee hath an indictment to bring against him
       Nicholaus Emerson Sworne and Examined in open Courts sayeth
     that bee only stands indebted to the sayd Bruerton fourteen hun-
     dered and fifty three pounds of tobacco Payable sum time in Nouem-
     ber or december next ensuing the daet hearof and further sayeth not
       Whearupon the sayd Caluert as his Lordships Atturney that the
     sheriffe may Attache the sayd tobacco in the sayd Emersons hands
     which was by the Court granted
       It is thearfor ordered that the Sheriffe Atache the fourteen hun-
     dered and fifty three pounds of tobacco dew from Nicholaus Emer-
     son unto John Bruerton (sum time in Nouember or december accord-
     ing to the sayd Emersons oath) in the hand of the sayd Emerson
       Which order was immediatly in the face of the Court by the [p.74]
     Sheriffe put in Execution.
       Whearupon the William Caluert Esq Aleageth that thear is Con-
     ueyance of a Maer past from John Stone who is Verderage unto
     Samuell Harris which hee as the sayd stones Atturney desireth in it
     now beeing in the hands of Mr William Price.
       It is thearfor ordered that the sayd Mr William Price deliuer the
     sayd writting in the Clarkes hands and thear to bee kepe untill the
     next Court or at the furthest but till the second tuesday in January
     next ensuing the daet hearof in which time the sayd Bruerton may
     and shall show good Cause why the sayd Paper shoold not bee
     deliuered up unto the sayd Mr Thomas Stone as Guardian of his
     Brother Mr John Stone who beeing underage past the sayd obliga-
     tion unto Samuell Harrise
       Whearupon the sayd Price deliuered up the sayd obligation ac-
     cording to the tenour of the order
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