Charles County Court Proceedings, 1674.  607

      Whereas a writt of Capias was issued forth against Michaell Judd Liber F
    at the suite of John Mould & returned by the sherife non est inventus,
    An Attachment is granted by order of Court to the sd John Mould
    plaintife against the goods Chattles & Creddits of the sd Michaell Judd
    Defendant for tht the Defendt is not to be found within the County.

      In a Cause depending betweene John Muńs plaintife & Cuthbert
    Musgrove Defendant, the plaintife preferres this ensueinge petition.
      To the Worshipfull Comissioners of Charles County John Muńs
    humbly sheweth.
      That whereas Cuthbert Musgrove of Charles County standeth
    indebted unto John Mufls of the same County in the full & just
    quantity of two thousand five hundred pounds of good sound mer-
    chantable leafe tobaccoe & Caske to be paid upon Demand unto the sd
    John Munes his heires Execrs Admrs or Assignes as by a certaine
    writeing obligatory sealed with the seale of him the sd Cuthbert
    whose date is the 27th day of January 1673 here in Court produced
    now plainly may appeare.
      Yett neverthelesse the sd Cuthbert his obligacon little mindeing [p.31]
    or reguarding, but deviseinge & fraudulently intending him the sd
    John of the sd sume of 2500 lb tobacco to deceive the sd sume of
    2500 lb although often thereunto required, hath not satisfied but
    doth altogether refuse to pay the same, Whereupon the sd John saith
    hee is damnified & hath lost to the value of 2900 lb of tobaccoe &
    thereupon hee bringeth his suite, & humbly Craves the judgemt of
    this worshipfull Court & yr petitioner shall ever pray &c
      Whereupon the plaintife John Munes produceth the sd writeinge
    obligatory in open Court, & the Defendant Cuthbert Musgrove Con-
    fest judgement for the sume of nine hundred & twelve pounds of
    tobaccoe which was remaineinge due of the sd bill to be paid by the
    Deft Cuthbert Musgrove to the pltf John Munes with Cost of suite
      Bill of costs Entred
    To his comeing goeinge & Attendance 4 dayes 120 lb
      at 30 p diem                         360 lb tob
      To John Helme & Roger Dickison for evidencel
      Charge 4 dayes each at 30 lb p diem  240

      In a Cause depending betweene John Allen as Admr of all &
    singular the goods & Chattles of John Hitchinson dee, plaintife &
    Gerrard Browne who married the Relict of William Allen dec
    Defendant.
      Gerrard Browne who married the Relict of William Allen dec
    was attached to Answer unto John Allen Admr of all & singular
    the goods & Chattles &c of John Hitchinson dec in an action of the
    Case
      Whereupon the sd John Allen (by John Jones his Atturney) saith
    that whereas John Hitchinson in his life time was sundry wayes