362 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

Delight then Rideing in Petuxent River, ffor w^ch said pipe and six
gallons of wine hee the said Benjamin payd to the said Joseph Eaton
the sume Two thousand Two hundred and thirty pounds of Tobacco,
& Whereas also the said Benjamin Lawrence the three & Twentyeth
day of December in the yeare of our Lord god 1678 att the Speciall
instance and request of him the said Edward Pindar had sold and
Delivered to the said Edward Pindar the aforesaid Pipe and Six

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gallons of wine for the ffunerall of William ffoorde In Consideracon
thereof the same Three and Twentyeth day of December in the
yeare of our Lord God 1678 The said Edward Pindar did assume
upon himself and to the said Benjamin Laurence did faithfully
pmise That hee the said Edward Pindar when thereunto required
The sume of Two Thousand Two hundred and thirty pounds of
Tobacco would well and truely Content and pay, And the said
Benjamin Lawrence in fact Saith That trusting to the faithfull
promise and assumption of him the said Edward Pindar made as
aforesaid did Sell and Deliver to him the said Edward Pindar the
aforesaid Pipe and six gallons of wine for the ffunerall of the said
William ffoorde Yet the said Edward his said pmise & assumption
not regarding, but Deviseing and fraudulently intending him the
said Benjamin Lawrence in that behalfe to defraude and deceive,
The said sume of Two Thousand Two hundred and thirty pounds of
Tobacco though often thereunto required unto the said Benjamin
hath not paid nor anyway satisfyed according to his Promise &
Assumption aforesaid, but the same to pay hath Denyed and as
Yet doth denye To the damage of the said Benjamin Lawrence
Whereupon hee sayth hee is Damnifyed and hath Losse to the vallue
of ffoure Thousand pounds of Tobacco, And thereupon hee bringeth
his Suite
And the said Edward Pindar by Robert Ridgely his Attorney
Cometh and Defendeth the force and injury when &c. and prayeth
liberty to imparle hereunto untill next Provinciall Court and it is
granted unto him, The same Day is given to the plantiffe likewise
Att w^ch said next Provinciall Court (To witt) The two and
Twentyeth day of ffebruary in the Sixth yeare of the Dominion
of the Right hono^ble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Dominj
1680 came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the
sd Edward Pindar by his said Attorney sayth That hee did not
assume and promise in manner and forme as the said Benjamin
above his Declaracon hath Complained, and of this hee puts him-
self upon the Country. And the plt likewise, Itt is therefore Comanded
the Sheriffe of S^t Maryes County that hee Cawse to Come here
Twelve &c by whome &c. and who neither &c To Recognize &c
because aswell &c.
On w^ch Two and Twentyeth day of ffebruary in the yeare afore-
said came the said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the