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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 363
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Jurors impannelled being called Likewise came To witt, Richard
Lloyd, Michael Ashford, Wm Wells, John Gray, Edward Abbott,
Emanuel Ratliffe, John Evans, John Wynne, Edward Morgan John
Martindale, John Browne, & Henry Morgan Who being elected
Tryed and Sworne to say the truth in the prmisses Upon their
oathes doe say That the said Edward Pindar did assume and
pmise in manner and forme as the said Benjamin above in his
Declaracon against him hath Complained, Therefore it is Considered
that the said Benjamin Lawrence Recover against the said Edward
Pindar aswell the aforesaid Sume of Two thousand Two hundred
and thirty pounds of Tobacco debt as also the sume of Thirteen
hundred eighty foure pounds of Tobacco Costs of Suite, and the
Deft in mercy &c :
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Liber W. C.
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Michael Miller
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Clement Hill
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Clement Hill late of St Maryes County gentl was
attached to answer unto Michael Miller in a plea of
Trespasse upon the case
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p. 332
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And Whereupon the said Michael Miller by
Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney Complaineth That Whereas hee the
said Michael Miller the nineteenth day of Aprill in the second yeare
of the Dominion of Charles &c and in the yeare of our Lord 1677
att Kent County within this this Province aforesaid was posessed
of a certaine boy servant of about the age of Twelve yeares of age
called by the name of Thomas Curry, as the proper Servant of him
the said Michael to Serve with him the said Michael for such terme
of yeares as is usuall and Accustomable by the Lawe of this Prov-
ince for Servants Transported into this Province without Indentures,
at the age aforesaid of the Vallue of Three hundred pounds of
Tobacco, and Soe being thereof posessed, the said boy servant of
him the said Michael as aforesaid, the said Michael afterwards to
witt the Tenth day of May in the yeare aforesaid out of the poses-
sion and Service of him the said Michael Casually lost, wch said
servant afterwards (to witt) the Twentyeth day of May in the
yeare of our Lord aforesaid, att the Citty of St Maryes in the
County of St Maryes within this Province aforesaid To the hands
and posession of him the said Clement by finding came, Notwith-
standing wch the said Clement Knowing the said servant boy to bee
the proper servant of him the said Michael, and of right to apper-
taine and belong, Meaning & intending him the said Michael in this
behalfe to deceive and defraud, the said boy servant as aforesaid to
him the said Michael though often thereunto required hath not de-
livered, but the said Boy servant as aforesaid Afterwards (to witt)
The Twentyeth day of ffebruary in the yeare of our Lord 1679 to
the proper use and Comodity of him the said Clement in st Maryes
County aforesaid, then and there did dispose & Convert Whereupon
the said Michael Sayth hee is the worse and hath damage to the
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