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         And the said Peter by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney cometh & Liber N N
        defendeth the force & injury when &c And the said Peter saith, that
        the said Robert Cager in his life tyme did not assume upon himselfe
        in manner & forme as the said John hath above declared against
        him, & of this he putts Himselfe upon the Countrey, & the said plain- p. 432
        tiffe likewise Therefore itt is comanded the Sheriffe of St Maryes
        County that he cause to come here twelve &c by whom &c who neither
        &c to recognize &c because aswell &c
         Now here att this day to witt the two & twentieth day of ffebruary
        in the third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c
        Annoq3 Doni 1677. came as well the said plaintiffe as the said De
        fendant by their Attorneys aforesaid And the Jurors impannelled
        being called likewise came to witt Tho: Sprigg, Tho: Courtney,
        Morgan Jones, Roger Tolle, Edward Horne, Tho: Ball, John Hol
        lins, ffrancis Hill, Edmond Dermott, Stephen Murty, Thomas Innes
        & Edward Sauvage who to say the truth in the prmisses being
        elected tryed & sworne upon their Oaths doe say we find for the plain
        tiffe sixteen hundred fifty one pounds of tobacco with costs of suite
        Therefore itt is considered that the said plaintiffe recover against
        the Estate of the said Robert Cager as well the sume of sixteen
        hundred fifty one pounds of tobacco damages occasioned by the
        trespasse aforesaid As also the sume of One thousand forty foure
        pounds of tobacco cost of suite

       Wm Drope &     Edward Turner late of Calvert County planter
       Tho: Elwes     Exerr of the last Will & testament of Wm
          agt Singleton deceased was Attached to Answer
        Edward Turner Exr unto Wm Drope & Thomas Elwes of a plea of
        wm Singleton trespasse on the case
                       And whereupon the said Wm Drope &
        Thomas Elwes by Geo: Parker their Attorney say, that whereas
        the said Wm & Thomas being Mrchants liveing & resideing in the
        Citty of London, did for severall yeares together in the life tyme
        of the said Wm Singleton imploy him the said Wm according to the
        Law & customs of Mrchants their factor agent or Attorney in these
        parts And for that purpose had sent & consignd to him the said
        Wm Singleton severall yeares together in the life tyme of him the said
        Wm Singleton severall & sundry Goods and mrchandizes to the Value
        of One hundred sixteen pounds ten shillings & nine pence of sterling
        money of England And for the which & the produce thereof the
        said Wm Singleton in his life tyme stood accomptab[le] & indebted
        unto them the said Wm Drope & Thomas Elwes And whereas the
        said Wm Singleton in his life tyme did acknowledge the receipt of
        severall Goods & Mrchandizes aforesaid Shipped aboard of the good
        Shipp called the Connary bird John Lucombe Comander & on the
        good Shipp called the Crown Malligo Thomas Applewhite Comandr
        by the said Wm Drope & Thomas Elwes Shipped as aforesaid &