378       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1677/8.

            Liber N N  Doni 1678. came the said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid And
                   the said Tho: Robinson by his Attorney saith, that he doth not deny
                   but the said writeing in the Declaracon menconed is his Act & Deed,
                   but he saith, the plaintiffe his action thereupon agt him ought not to
                   have, because he saith, the said bond of foure thousand pounds of
                   tobacco with Condicon there under written as aforesaid was entred
                   into by the said Thomas for a debt of two thousand pds of tobacco
                   due from the said Thomas to Henry Asberry And that the same
                   writeing obligatory was taken in the name of the said John Paler in
                   trust only for the said Henry Asberry, which being made appeare
                   to the Comrs of St Maryes County Court, they have long before the
                   fileing of the said Originall writt of the said John Paler caused the
                   said principall debt of two thousand pounds of tobacco to be attached
                   in the hands of the said Thomas Robinson for severall debts & costs
                   of suite recovered agt the said Henry Asberry in the said Court &
                   have levyed the same of his the said Thomas Goods & chattells as by
                   the Record of the said County Court may appeare By meanes
                   whereof he hath satisfied for the Condicon of the said bond All
                   which he is ready to averr, & demands judgemt if the plaintiffe his
                   action aforesaid agt him ought to have
                     And the said John Paler from his action as aforesaid saith he
                   ought not to be debarred, because the said John neither is nor was
                   obliged to nor concerned in trust for the said Henry Asberry as in
                   the plea before alleadged, & that the said Thomas Robinson had
                   effects of the said Henrys in his own hands above the Value of the
                   debts & costs of suite before alleaged to be Levyed by order from
                   St Maryes County Court. And further saith that the bill past from the
                   said Robinson to the said Paler was upon a good consideracon satis
                   fied by the said John Paler, & this he is ready to averre, & craves
                   judgemt of the Court, & the defendt likewise. Whereupon the prm
                   isses being seen & by the Justices here fully understood, itt is con
                   sidered by the Court that the said John Paler recover agt the said
                   Thomas Robinson as well the sume of foure thousand pds of tobacco
                   debt As also six hundred & sixteen pds of tobacco costs of suite

                   Randall Revell Edmond Beauchamp late of Somrsett County
                       agt otherwise called Edmond Beauchamp of the
                Edmd Beauchamp  County of Somrsett in the Province of Mary
                                land was Sumond to Answer unto Randall Revell
                   of a plea that he render unto him two thousand pds of tobacco
                   which to him he oweth & unjustly detaineth
                     And whereupon the said Randall by Robert Carvile his Attorney
                   saith, that whereas the said Edmond upon the thirteenth day of
                   September in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sev
                   enty seven did binde himselfe his heyres Exrs Admrs to pay or cause
                   to be paid to the said Randall the sume of two thousand pds of good