Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674.  255




     Philip Shapleigh Comănd was given the Sheriff of Somersett Liber M M
          agt County that he take Joseph Thompson if &c to
  Joseph Thompson answer unto Philip Shapleigh in a plea that he
                  render unto him the summe of five hundred
                  pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth and
                  unjustly deteineth
       And whereupon the said Philip by Kenelm Cheseldyne his Attorny
      saith that whereas the said Joseph the tenth day of November in
      the yeare of Our Lord One thousand Six hundred Seventy three
      by his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed with seale of the said
      Joseph here in Court produced whose date is the day and yeare
      abovewritten did bind himselfe his heirs executors administrators or
      assignes to pay or cause to be paid unto the said Philip his heirs
      executors admrs or assignes the full and just summe of five hun
      dred pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco and casque to be
      paid in some convenient place in Nanticoake River at or upon the
      tenth day of November next ensueing the date thereof Notwith
      standing the said Joseph though often thereunto required the said
      summe of five hundred pounds of tobacco according to the tenor
      of the said bill hath not paid but the same to him to pay altogether
      denyes to the damage of the said Philip One thousand pounds of
      tobacco and thereupon he brings his suite
       Now here at this day to wit the eightenth day of April in the
      40th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c the same Sheriff returnes
      to the Court here that the said Joseph Thompson is not found in his
      Bailiwick whereupon the said Philip Shapleigh prayeth an attach
      ment to be granted against the said Joseph Thompson his goods and
      chattells according to an act of Assembly in that case made and
      provided, and it is granted unto him

     William Worgan
         a       the deft by Vincent Lowe his Attorny appeares
         gt      land imparles untill the next Court.
     Henry Turner
      John Quigley                                p.

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          e ry  these two causes continued untill next Court.
     John Quigley
         agt
     James Berry

     William Worgan Comand was given to the Sheriff of Dorcester
          agt County that he take David Williamson if &c to
  David Williamson   answer unto David Williamson in a plea that he
                  render unto him the summe of twelve hundred
                  pounds of tobacco which to him he oweth and
                  unjustly deteineth.