Charles County Court Proceedings, 1674.  611

     & faithfully promise well & truely to repay & satisfie unto the sd Liber F
     Adam six shillings of like money at or before Easter then next
     followeinge, Yett the Sd Thomas his promise & Assumption aforesd
     little reguarding but plottinge & fraudulently intending him the sd
     Adam to deceive of the aforesd six shillings, Although often re-
     quired by the sd Adam, hath not as yett paid nor in any manner
     of wise given Content, but hath vilified & ill intreated the sd Adam,
     whereupon hee brings his suite & saith hee is damnified foure hun-
     dred pounds of tobacco.
      And the sd Thomas Bradley defendt by Samuell Cressey his At-
     turney Comes & defends the force & injury when &c, & saith that
     the sd Adam ought not to have his action against, for tht the sd
     Thomas ever was & now is ready to satisfie the sd Adam the sume
     within mentioned, & of this hee prayes judgement
      John Posie sworne & Examined in open Court saith that hee [p. 34]
     proferred him the sd Adam satisfaction for the sd six shillings in
     tobacco what in reason hee Could demand & further saith not.
      Whereupon the sd Thomas makes tender of the sd Money in open
     Court And thereupon the sd Thomas Bradley Defendant obteined a
     nonsuite with Cost of suite p order of Court
      Bill of Costs
        To Atturneyes Fees                           200 lb
        To John Posie on day              030
        To the sherife for arrest & two subpaena's     055
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      In a Cause depending betweene John Wood plaintife & Thomas
     Witter Defendant Thomas Witter was Attached to Answer John
     Wood of a plea tht hee render unto him foure hundred pounds of
     tobacco which hee oweth & unjustly deteineth.
      And the sd John (by John Jones his Atturney) saith, that
     whereas the sd Thomas by his certaine writeinge obligatory under
     his hand & seale Dated the 14th of March 1672/3 Did acknowledge
     himselfe to owe & stand indebted unto the sd John the sume of foure
     hundred pounds of good sound Merchantable tobacco & Caske to be
     paid to the sd John his heires Execrs Admrs or Assignes at or upon the
     tenth day of Octobr then next ensueinge, as by the sd wryteing here
     ready to be produced in Court more at large it may appeare, yett
     the aforesd Thomas though thereto required hath refused & still
     doth refuse to pay the same to the sd John whereupon hee saith hee
     is damnified & is the worse Eight hundred pounds of tobacco &
     brings his suite

      Whereupon the plaintife produces this sd writeing obligatory
     March the 14th (1672/3)

      Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Witter of Charles