32 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1678.

Liber N N

of tob: for divers Goods Wares & M^rchandizes to him the said Domi-
nick by him the said Garret att divers dayes & tymes from the fifth
day of May in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred
Seventy seven till the said One & thirtieth day of May aforesaid sold
& delivered, a particuler whereof is hereunto annexed, He the said
Dominick being so indebted did in consideracon thereof assume upon
himselfe & to the said Garret faithfully promise, that he the said
Dominick the said sume of two thousand five hundred ninety five
pounds of tobacco to him the said Garret when he should be lawfully
thereunto required would well & truely content & pay Yet notwith-
standing the said Dominick his promise & assumpcon aforesaid little
reguarding but deviseing & fraudulently intending him the said
Garret in that behalfe craftily & subtily to defraud & deceive, the said
Sume of two Thousand five hundred ninety five pounds of pounds
to him the said Garret though often thereunto requested hath not
paid or satisfied, but the same to pay & satisfie hath hitherto denyed
& refused & still doth deny & refuse to pay the same, to the damage
of the said Garret foure thousand pounds of tobacco, & thereupon
he bringeth his suite
Att this day to witt the Sixteenth day of Octob^r in the third yeare
of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &c Anoq Dni 1678
came Benjamin Rozer Esq^r the Attorney of the said Dominick
Bodkin & one of his Lordpps Justices of this Court here p^rsent in
Court in his proper person cometh & defendeth the force & injury
when &c And saith nothing in barr of the action of the aforesaid
Garret Whereby the said Garret remaineth against the said Dominick

p. 705

Thereof undefended And the said Garret haveing made Oath to the
particulars of the accompt in the Declaracon menconed Therefore itt
is considered by the Court here, that the said Garret VanSweringen
recover against the said Dominick Bodkin as well the sume of two
thousand five hundred ninety five pounds of tobacco damages occa-
sioned by the p^rmisses As also pounds of tobacco
costs of suite And the Defend^t in mercy &c

Tho: Notley Esq^r

ag^t
Jane Williams
Adm^x W^m W^ms

Jane Williams Admist^x of all & singuler the
Goods Chattels rights & Creditts which were of
W^m Williams late of S^t Maryes County gentl
deceased was Sumoned to Answer unto the