182 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679.

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hundred pounds of tobacco so to him in the whole due as aforesaid
to deceive & defraud, the said Nineteen hundred pounds of tobacco
or any part thereof to the said Robert hath not paid or satisfied
but the same to pay or satisfie hath denyed & as yet doth deny al-
though often required, to the damage of the said Robert two thou-
sand pounds of tobacco, thereupon he bringeth his suite
And whereupon the said Samuel by Christopher Rousby his At-
torney cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and prayeth
liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court & itt is
granted unto him, the same day is given to the plaintiffe likewise
Now here att this day to witt the Seventh day of June in the
fourth yeare of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq
Doni 1679 cometh as well the said Robert Ridgely in his proper
pereon as the said Samuel Leadbeater by his Attorney aforesaid
And the said Samuel by his said Attorney saith, that he the said
Robert his action aforesaid against him the said Samuel ought not
to have, because he saith that he the said Samuel did not assume
upon himselfe & to the said Robert faithfully promise in manner &
forme as the plaintiffe in his declaracon hath suggested, which he
the said Samuel is ready to averr And of this he putts himselfe upon
the judgem^t of the Court And the said Robert likewise, whereupon
the p^rmisses being seen & by the Justices here fully understood Itt is
considered that the said Robert Ridgely recover against the said
Samuel Leadbeater as well the sume of Nineteen hundred pounds
of tobacco damages occasioned by the p^rmisses As also Six hundred
fifty Eight pounds of tobacco costs of suite And the Defend^t in
mercy &c

W^rn Neads &
Comp^a

ag^t
Edw^d Gibbs

Edward Gibbs late of Som^rsett County planter other-
wise called Edward Gibbs of Som^rsett County in the
[Province of Maryland M^rchant was Sumoned to
Answer unto W^m Neads of the City of Bristoll Mar-

ryner & Comp^a of a plea that he render unto them
the said W^m Neads & Comp" the just & full quantity of thirteen thou-
sand foure hundred Sixty & three pounds of good sound M^rchantable
leafe tobacco & cask which to them he oweth & unjustly detaineth
And whereupon the said W^m Neads & Comp^a by Charles Boteler
their Attorney say, that Whereas the said Edward Gibbs upon the

twenty sivth Hay of ffebruary Annoq; Domini One thousand six

hundred Seventy six, by his certaine bill or writing obligatory Sealed
with the Seale of him the said Edward & here in Court produced
whose date is the day and yeare first above written, did acknowledge
himselfe to stand justly indebted unto W^m Neads of the City of
Bristoll Marriner & Comp^a of the Shipp Susanna their heyres Exec^rs
& Adm^rs the just & full quantity of thirteen thousand foure hundred

p. 840

sixty & Three pounds of good sound M^rchantable leafe tobacco &