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396 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1674. Liber M M but the same to him to content and pay have hitherto denyed and Still doe deny and refuse whereupon the said Thomas Saith he is dampnified and hath losse to the value of tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth his Suite. And the said John and Susanna by Keneim Cheseldyn their At torny come & defend the force and injury when &c and Say they did not assume upon themselv [es] in manner and forme as the said Thomas in his declaration above he hath declared against them and of this they putt themselves upon the Country and the Said Thomas likewise therefore Comand is given to the Sheriff of St Maries County that he cause to come here twelve &c by whom &c who neither &c to recognize &c because aswell &c. Now here at this day to witt the twelfth day of December in the 43th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Came the said Thomas Lomax by Robert Carvile his Attorny and the said John and Susanna by Keneim Cheseldyn their Attorny and the jurors of that jury came likewise to witt Thomas Cosden Thomas Gant Elias Beach Roger Towle Peter Watts Thomas Innis Richard Chilman Thomas Kemp William Harper James Lewis William West and Edward Savage who being impannelled Surnóned and Sworne to Say the truth in the premisses upon their Oathes doe Say Wee the jurors doe find for the plaintiff five thousand pounds of tobacco with costs of Suite Therefore it is considered by the Court here that the said Thothas p. 401 recover against the said John and Susanna the Said Summe of five thousand pounds of tobacco damages as also the summe of fourteen hundred eighty three pounds of tobacco for his costs and charges in this behaife expended and laid Out and the said John and Susanna in mercy Mathew Paine a the def appeares by George Thompson his At gt torny and imparle untill next Court. James Thompsonj Wm Melton admr John ffoster the deft by Robert Carvile his Attorny appeares agt & imparles untill next Court. John Troster Thomas Mountfort the def appeares and imparles by George Old agt feild his Attorny untill next Court. Thomas Bowdie Thomas Price the Sheriff of Somersett County haveing re agt turned a Cepi & the deft not appeareing this Thomas Stanbridge Court Ordered the Sheriff be amerced if he appeare not next Court Thomas Gerard agt the defts appeare by George Oldfeild John Gerard & Rose Gerard their Attorny & imple untill next Court. Executrs Tho: Gerard |
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