hundred & tenn pounds of tobacco which from him he unjustly
detaineth

And whereupon the said Marmaduke by Robert Carvile his Attor-
ney saith, that whereas the said Richard upon the thirtieth day of
August One thousand six hundred Seventy & seven, by his certaine
bill or writing Obligatory Sealed with the Seale of him the said
Richard & here in Court produced whose date is the day & yeare
abovesaid, did acknowledge himselfe to be firmly bound unto the
said Marmaduke Semme in the full & just Sume of three thousand
Seven hundred & tenn pounds of sound M^rchantable tobacco in caske
to be paid to the said Marmaduke in some convenient place in
S^t Maryes County upon all demands. To the which paym^t to be well
& truely made he did binde himselfe his heyres Ex^rs & Adm^rs Yet
notwithstanding the said Richard in his life tyme nor the said
Gerard since his death the said Sume of three thousand seven hun-
dred & tenn pounds of tobacco to him the said Marmaduke though
often thereunto requested hath not paid or satisfied, but the same to
pay hath hitherto & still doth deny & refuse to pay the same to the
damage of the said Marmaduke ffive thousand pounds of tobacco &
thereupon he bringeth his suite.

And the said Gerard Slye by Christopher Rousby his Attorney
cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c and saith that he
is not informed by the said Gerard of any answer by him to the
action of the said Marmaduke to be given And nothing else saith
thereupon, by which the said Marmaduke remaineth against the said
Gerard thereof wholy undefended Therefore itt is considered by the
Court here this day to witt the fifteenth day of Octob^r in the fourth
yeare of the Dominion of the right Hon^ble Charles Lord Baltemore
&c Annoq Doni 1679 That the said Marmaduke Semme recover
against the said Gerard Slye Adm^r as aforesaid as well the Sume
of three thousand Seven hundred & tenn pounds of tobacco debt As
also Six hundred sixty two pounds of tobacco costs of suite And
the Defend^t in mercy &c