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thirty pounds of tobaccoe being as well for tobaccoe paid for him the Said John
as alsoe for goods Sold and delivered him the Said John as by a pertickeler
Account thereof here in Court produced Relation being thereunto had may
more att Large Appeare and the Said John to the Said Thomas in manner
aforesaid being indebted in consideration thereof did Assume upon himselfe and
to the Said Thomas then and there Faithfully promise that he the Said John
him the Said Thomas [82] The Said Sume of 634 lbs. of tobaccoe unto the
Said Thomas when the Said John Should be thereunto Requested would well
and truly Content and pay Nevertheless the Said John his promise and Assump-
tion Soe as aforesaid made Little Regarding but minding and fraudulently In-
tending him the Said Thomas in this behalfe Craftily and Subtilly to deceive
and defraud he the Said John him the Said Thomas in this behalfe Craftily and
Subtilly to deceive and defraud he the Said John him the Said Thomas the
Said Sume of 634 pounds of tobaccoe hath not paid Although the Said John
Afterwards the day and place aforesaid by the Said Thomas was often thereunto
Requested but the Same to pay to the Said Thomas hath hither to Refused and
Still doth Refuse to the damage of the Said Thomas of 1200 lbs. of tobaccoe and
thereupon he brings this Suite etc.

Joshua Cecell for the plantiffe. Pledges etc. John Doe, Richard Roe.

John Chapman Debtor to Thomas Bridges June the 25th 1694.

lbs. tobaccoe
To tobaccoe paid John Doegen by your order 32, to 2 1/2 bushells of Indian

Corne 50 ............................................................ 370

To a tunn of Caske I paid you for Setting up that you never Sett up ....... 040

To 2 1/2 bushells of beans 100, to 1 barrell of Indian Corne in Eares 050 .... 150

To 2 Ells of broad Sheeting Canviss 50, to 2 yards of blew Linin 24 ........ 074

634
August the 22d 1696.

Then Came Thomas Bridges and made oath that the above Account is Just
and true and that he never Received any part or parcell thereof. Jurat Coram
Nobis. Thomas Hollyday: Robert Bradley.

The Defendant by Thomas Hughes his Attorney Cometh and defendeth the
force and Injury when etc. And prayeth Lycence thereof to Imparle here untill
next Court and it is granted unto him the Same Day is given to the plantife
Likewise.

Att which Said next Court to witt the 24th day of November Annoque Domini
1696 Came the Said Thomas Bridges by William Bladen his Attorney as alsoe
Came the Said John Chapman by his Attorney aforesaid and the Said plantiffe
prayeth that the Defendant aforesaid to his Decleration aforesaid may Answer
etc.

And now here att this Day Came the Said parties by their Attorneys aforesaid
and the Said John Chapman by Thomas Hughes his attorney Cometh and
defendeth the aforesaid force and Injury when etc. and Saith that the Said
John Chapman did not Assume in manner and forme as the plantiffe hath laine
in his Decleration and of this he putts himselfe upon the Court. Thomas
Hughes.

And the plantiffe alsoe. William Bladen.

The Defendant upon the tryall produced in Court in barr of the aforesaid
Action a Coppy of the Records of Calvert County which testifieth that the Said
Defendant in March Court 1695 Obtained a Judgment against the Said plantiffe
for 560 lbs. of tobaccoe Debt and Seaven hundred pounds of tobaccoe Cost of