332       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

             Liber N N  itt is considered by the Court here that the said Garret VanSweringen
                    recover agt the said Thomas Hedge as well the sume of Eleven
                    thousand pounds of tobacco debt As also five hundred fifty two
                    pounds of tobacco costs of suite

                   Garret VanSweringen Thomas Pattison late of Dorchister County
                       agt was Attached to Answer unto Garret Van
                Tho: Pattison      Sweringen of a plea of trespas of the case
                                    And whereupon the said Garret by Robert
                    Carvile his Attorney saith, that whereas the said Thomas upon the
                    two & twentieth day of June in the yeare of our Lord One thou-
                    san six hundred seventy seven stood justly indebted to the said Gar
                    ret for severall Goods & Mrchandises & other necessary accomoda
                    cons to him the said Thomas before that tyme & att severall dayes
                    & tymes from the tenth day of Novembr in the yeare of our Lord One
                    thousand six hundred seventy six till the said two & twentieth day
                    of June aforesaid by him the said Garret sould & delivered, a particu
                    ler whereof is hereunto annexed amounting in the whole to the sume
                    of two thousand three hundred Eighty & eight pounds of tobacco,
                    he the said Thomas in consideracon thereof did assume upon him
                    selfe & to the said Garret did faithfully promise that he the said
                    Thomas the said sume of two thousand three hundred eighty eight
                    pds of tobacco to him the said Garret when he should be thereunto
                    requested well & truely would satisfie & pay And the said Garret
                    saith, that the said Thomas did pay unto the said Garret six hundred
                    & twenty pounds of tobacco in part of the said sume of two thousand
                    three hundred eighty eight pounds of tob so that there remaines due
                    to ballance of the said accompt only the sume of Seventeen hundred
                    sixty eight pounds of tobacco Yet notwithstanding the said Thomas
                    his promise & assumpcon little reguarding, but deviseing & fraudu
                    lently intending him the said Garret in this behalf e craftily & subtily
                    to defraud & deceive the said sume of Seventeen hundred sixty
                    eight pounds of tobacco to him the said Garret hath not paid or
                    satisfied though often thereunto requested, but the same to pay hath
                    hitherto & still doth deny & refuse to the damage of the said Garret
                    two thousand four hundred pds of tobacco & thereupon he bringeth
                    his suite
                     Now here att this day to witt the fifteenth day of June in the
                    third yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq3
                    Doni 1678 came the said Tho: Pattison in his proper person & de
                    fendeth the force & injury when &c and saith that as to twelve hun
                    dred pounds of tobacco part of the accompt in the above declaracon
                    menconed (the remainder thereof being allready paid) he is content
                p. 568  that judgemt passe agt him for the same Therefore itt is considered
                    by the Court here, that the said Garret VanSweringen recover agt
                    the said Thomas Pattison as well the sume of twelve hundred pounds