370 Charles County Court Proceedings, 16 71—16 74.

        Liber E Whereupon the Court gave Judgemt agt the Deft for the Said
              Sume of Eleven hundred & Seventy pounds of tobaccoe wth Costs
              of Suite for both wch orders of Court at the request of the Said
              Samuel Cressey Execution was Issued out against the goods & Chat-
              tells of the Said Thomas warner & directed to the Sheriff.


                Sam Cressey plt vsus Nich Skidmore deft in a plea of trespas on
              the Case.
                Both parties personally appearing
                The plt Complained agt the deft for that whereas the Said Deft
              Stood indebted to him the Sd plt the Sume of Three hundred and
              Sixty pounds of Tobaccoe it being for Sider reed of him the Said
              plt on the tenth day of September or thereabouts & Expended at his
              the Sd Defts wedding for the which the Sd Deft did promise to
              Satisfy unto him the Said plt the Said Sume of 360th tobaccoe
              which nevertheles although often thereunto required he hath not
              Satisfyed but doth altogether refuse to pay the Same whereby the
              plt Saith he is damnified & hath lost to the valiew of 500 lb tobaccoe
              & thereupon he bringeth his Suite, &c
                whereupon the Court gave Judgemt agst the Deft for the Sd Sume
              of three hundred & Sixty pounds of Tobaccoe & Caske together with
              Sixty pounds of tobaccoe for attendance & losse of time


                John Mould being by a Scire facias Sumoned to Shew Cause why
              Execution Should not be issued forth agt him for the Sume of Two
              hundred pounds of tobaccoe formerly ordered agst him by the Court
              held in Charls County on the tenth day of Janry 1670 to francis
              Ferneley & by him assigned to Sam Cressey as assignemt here-
              under written more plainly may appeare & he not appearing although
              timely notice were given him The Court gave Judgemt agst him
              for the Sume of 200 lb of tobaccoe with the Ensueing bill of Costs
              upon his default in not appearing
                   To Atturnys Fees                60
                   To Coming goeing & attendance at Court   90
                   To Rich Roe for Evidence Charge 30
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                Know all men by these pnts that I Francis Ferneiey of Charles
              County in the province of maryland planter for a valluable Con-
              sideracon already in hand recd have assigned & Sett over unto Sam
              Cressey of the County aforesaid one Judgemt of Court obteyned agt
              John Mould for the Sume of Two hundred pounds of Tobaccoe being
              for Costs allowed in the Said Court as by the records Relation
              being thereunto had more plainly may appeare which Said Two
              hundred pounds of Tobaccoe Together with all Costs thereunto be-
              longing or hereafter to be recovered I doe hereby assigne unto the