172  Provincial Court Proceedings, 1673.




      Liber M M           Richard Moy of a plea that he Render unto him five
                          hundred thirty and five pounds of Tobacco wch to
                          him he oweth and unjustly Deteineth &c
                  And whereupon the said Richard by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                 saith that whereas the said John Eason the Twelveth day of Aprill
                 1672 by his bill obligatory sealed with the scale of the said John
                 Eason and here in Cort pduced, whose date is the day and yeare
                 abovesd did acknowledge himself to be holden and firmly bounden
                 unto the said Richard Moy in the Just & full sume of five hundred
                 thirty & five pounds of good sound Marchantable Tobacco and Casque
                 to be payd to the said Richard upon Demaund in some Convenient
                 place in the County aforesayd Yet notwithstanding the said John
                 though often thereunto Required the said sume of five hundred
                 thirty five pounds of Tobacco to him the said Richard hath not hitherto
                 payd but the came to pay doth Deny & Refuse whereupon he saith
                 he is Damnifyed and hath losse to the vallue of One Thowsand
                 pounds of Tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his suite.
                  And the said John Eason by Vincent Low his Attorney cometh
             p. 108 and Defendeth ye force and injury when &c & prayeth liberty of
                 Speaking thereunto untill the first day of the next Provincial Cort
                 and the same day is given to both ptyes.
                  At wch day that is to say the twelveth day of November in the
                 42th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annxp Domini 1673.
                 came the aforesayd Richard Moy by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                 and offered himself agt the said John Eason of and upon the prmises
                 and the said John Eason came not but made default wherefore it is
                 considered by the Cort here that the said John Eason have Judgemt
                 awarded agt him by Default and that the said Richard Moy Recover
                 agt the said John Eason aswell the said sume of five hundred and
                 thirty five pounds of Tobacco his debt aforesayd as also the sume
                 of two hundred ninty and nine pounds of Tobacco for his costs and
                 Charges in this behalf e Expended and the said John in mercy &c

                 Job     Walton John Brookes late of Dorchester County otherwise
                    agt called John Brookes of Dorset County in the Prov
              John Brookes    ince of Maryland Chirurgion was sumoned to answere
                          unto Job Walton of a plea that he Rendr unto him
                          1730l Tob wth to him he oweth & unjustly De
                          teineth &c
                  And whereupon the said Job by John Morecroft his Attorney
                 saith that whereas the said John the 19th day of December in the
                 yeare 1670 by his certeine bill obligatory sealed with the scale of
                 the said John wch the said Job here in Cort bringeth whose date is
                 ye same day and yeare aforesayd did binde himself his heirs Ex
                 ecutors & Admrs to pay or cause to be payd to the aforesaid Job
                 Walton his heires Executors Admrs or assignes the full and Just