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274 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682. Liber W. C. Comanded the sheriffe of St Maryes County that he Cause to come here Twelve good and Lawfull men of his baliwick to Enquire what damages the said James Bowling hath sustained by Occasion of the premisses On wch Said Nineteenth day of October in the yeare aforesaid came the Said partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors Impannelled being called likewise came (to wit) Philip Lynes, John Bird. Daniel Clocker, Gilbert Clarke James Cullen, William Nowell, James Bodkin, Thomas Smithson, Henry Exon Richard Benton, William Dent & George Hodgeson Who to Say the truth in the premisses being elected tryed and Sworne Upon their Oathes doe say That the said James Bowling hath Sustained damages by Occasion of the premisses to Thirty Six thousand Six hundred and thirteene pounds of tobacco Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court here that the said James Bowling Recover against the said Gerrard Slye aswell the aforesaid Sume of Thirty Six thousand Six hundred and thirteene pounds of tobacco damages by the Jurors aforesaid in forme aforesaid Assessed As also the Sume of pounds of Tobacco for costs of suite And the Defendt in mercy &c: John Bowman Robert Mason late of St Maryes County Other agt wise called Robert Mason was Sumoned to an- Robert Mason swere unto John Bowman of a plea that he render unto him ffoure thousand seaven hundred pounds of tobacco and Caske wch he oweth him & unjustly detaineth &c. And Whereupon the said John by Thomas Bur ford his Attorney sayth that whereas the said Robert the third day of June 1681 at Newtowne in St Maries County by his Certaine bill Obligatory wch the said John wth the scale of the said Robert Signed bringeth here into Court the date whereof is the same day & yeare Became bound to the said John to pay or Cause to be payd to the said John the said foure thousand & Seaven hundred pounds of tobacco & Caske at or upon the tenth day of October next Ensueing ye date of the said bill Neverthelesse the sd Robert although often required the said foure thousand & seaven hundred pounds of tobacco & Caske to ye said John hath not rendered but hath hitherto denyed and doth Still denye To the Damage of the Said John of Two thousand pounds of Tobacco and thereof he bringeth his suite &Ca And the said Robert Mason by Kenelm Cheseldyn his Attorney p. 619 cometh & defendeth the force and Injury when &ca and Prayeth liberty to Imparle hereunto untill the next Provinciall Court and it is granted unto him The same day is given to the plantiffe likewise Now here at this day (to wit) the Seaventeenth day of October in the seaventh yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq Doni. 1682: Came the said John Bowman by his Attorney aforesaid and Offered himself against the said |
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