JANUARY, 1696/7 COURT 119

selfe and to the Said William then and there faithfully promise that he the Said
Joseph the Said Sume of 500 lbs. of tobaccoe to the Said William when he
Should be thereunto Requested would well and truly Content and pay Never-
theless the Said Joseph his promise and Assumption aforesaid not at all Regard-
ing but minding and fraudulently Intending him the Said William in this
behalfe Craftily and Subtilly to deceive and defraud the Said Sume of 500 lbs.
of tobaccoe to the Said William hath not paid Although the Said Joseph After-
wards the day and place aforesaid was often thereunto Requested but hath hith-
erto Refused and Still doth Refuse to the Damage of the Said [107] William
of 1000 pounds of tobaccoe and thereof he bringeth his Suite etc.

Pledges etc. John Doe, Richard Roe. William Stone.

The plantiffe by William Stone his Attorney Sues the Defendant in a plea
of trespass upon the Case etc. for five hundred pounds of tobaccoe Debt for
Damages as by decleration filed appeareth etc. And haveing Issued out one writt
against the Defendant which Said writt was Returned by the Sheriffe that the
Said defendant is not to be found in his balywicke and Likewise have Caused a
Coppy of the decleration to be Left at the house were the Defendant Last Lived
in this County And alsoe on part of the plantiffe it is testified here in Court that
the Said defendant hath Elloined himselfe out of this province etc.

Whereupon the Said William Bourman by his Attorney aforesaid prayeth that
he may have an Attechment against the goods Chatties and Creditts of the Said
Joseph Letchworth as well for the Sume of five hundred pounds of tobaccoe
the Debt for Damages aforesaid as alsoe the Sume of four hundred thirty nine
pounds of tobaccoe to the Said William Bourman at his Request for his Cost
and Charges in this behalfe Laid out and Expended According to Act of As-
sembly in Such Cases made and provided etc. And by the Court here it is granted
unto him etc.

Henry Fernley plantiffe: Robert Biggs Defendant.

The plantiffe Sues the Defendant in a plea of debt for the full and Just Sume
of three hundred and Sixty pounds of good Sound Marchantable tobaccoe in
Caske etc. due by bill as by Decleration and bill filed Appeareth etc. And the
Said Robert Biggs in his proper person Comes into Court and defends the force
and Injury when etc. And Saith that he Cannot gainsay the Action of the Said
Henry Fernley nor but the Said three hundred and Sixty pounds of tobaccoe is
Justly due to the Said Henry Fernley in forme as he doth declare against him.

Therefore it is Considered that the Said Henry Ferneley Recover against the
Said Robert Biggs the Sume of three hundred and Sixty pounds of tobaccoe his
Debt aforesaid And his damages by Occation of Deteyning of the Said debt two
hundred Seaventy five pounds of tobaccoe to the Said Henry Ferneley of his
Assent by the Court here Adjudged etc. And the Said Robert Biggs in mercy etc.

William Philmore plantiffe: Deermund Walker Defendant.

Prince Georges County Ss. Dermund Walker Late of Prince Georges County
planter was Atteched to Answer unto William Philmore of a plea of trespass upon
the Case etc.

And Whereupon the Said William by Cleborn Lomax his Attorney Com-
plaineth that whereas the Said Dermund the fourth day of Aprill in the yeare of
our Lord 1696 att Piscattaway within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted
unto the Said William in the Sume of three hundred and forty pounds of tobaccoe
being as well for Licquours by the Said William to the Said Dermund Sold and