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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

November Court 1761 116
Value of Twenty Pounds Cur^t Money of Maryland and thereof he brings Suit &^c Pledges &^c J: Doe & R: Roe

1752	Capⁿ Moses Lynn	D^r.	May 19^th: 1761 Then Came W^m. Figgs before me the Subscriber
Feb^ry 25	To half a Gallon Rum 4/ To 1/2^lb of Powder 1/6 To 1 pen knife 2/	Ł0..7..6	One of his Lordships Justices of the peace for Somerset County and
Ł1..0..6
	To 1 p^r. of Rib^d. Hose 10/ March 1^st To Sundry of [illegible] Settled as p^r [illegible] ^	2..10..6	Made Oath on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the Book from
	4/
	To Credit Jethro Vaughan of 4/ To 1/2 Gall. Rum ^ Credit Jn^o. Brown Mill Right 10/	18..0	which the above Acc^t. was taken from was Proved According to the
D^o. 5	To 1 1/2 Gall. Rum 12/ D^o. 31^st. To 1/2 Gallon D^o. 4/	16	Directions of the Act of Assembly in Such Case made and provided
April 1^st	To 8 Yd^s of Holland @ ^10/ Ł4..0 0 thread 9^d: 3 hanks of thread 1/	4..1..9	Tho^s. Jones
	To 1 p^r. thread Stockins 10/: 1 1/2 Yd^s. of Muslin 18/9	1..8..9	And the af^d. Moses Lynn by his Att^y af^d. Comes and
	To 1 p^r of Silk Garters 4/: 1 p^r. of Worsted Stockings 7: 1/4 Quire paper 6^d.	11..0	Defends the force and Injury when &^c And prays Leave
		Ł10..4	thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at
	Errors Excepted p^r W^m. Figgs		Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of August then next

following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the af^d. William here also &^c
   Att which day here Came as well the af^d. W^m. Figgs as the af^d. Moses Lynn by their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon the Said
Moses prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday
of November then next following and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the af^d. W^m. here also &^c
      Att which day here Came as well the af^d. W^m. Figgs as the af^d. Moses Lynn by their Attorneys af^d. &
hereupon the Said Moses as before defends the force and Injury when &^c And Saith that he Cannot deny the Action
af^d. of the af^d. W^m. Figgs nor but that he did Assume upon himself in Manner and form as the af^d. William above
Against him hath Complained and as to the Damage of the Same William by him by Occasion of the premisses
in that part Sustained the Same Moses Saith and Acknowledgeth that the af^d. William hath Sustained
Damages by Occasion of the Premisses beyond his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part
Apposed to Ten pounds four Shillings Cur^t Money and not More and because the af^d. W^m. Denys not this
but the Same Allegation Grants to be true prays Judgment for those Damages Above Acknowledged
together with his Costs and Charges af^d. to him to be Adjudged
      Therefore by Consent of the Parties af^d. it is Considered that the af^d. William Figgs Recover
                                                                                                     four Shilings
Against the af^d. Moses Lynn his Damages af^d. to the af^d. Ten pounds ^ Cur^t Money by the Same Moses
in form af^d. Acknowledged as also                                       Pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges af^d.
to the Same William at his Request by the Court now here of the Assent of the parties af^d. Adjudged
which Certain Damages in the Whole Amount to Ten pound four Shillings Cur^t Money &
2162                               Pounds of Tobacco and the af^d. Moses in Mercy &^c

GH    Mary & W^m. Ennalls

   Ex^rs. of Jo^s. Ennals

@       Command was Given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should Take Christopher

SW WH    Chris: Piper    Piper Late of Som^t. County Planter Otherwise Called I Christopher Piper of Somerset County in the Province

of Maryland Planter if he Should be found in his Bailywick and him Should Safe keep so that he might have his body before
our Justices of our County Court of Somerset to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of March Anno Dom. 1761 to
Answer unto Mary Ennalls Executrix and W^m. Ennals Executor of the testament and Last will of Joseph Ennalls (of
Dorchester County deceased) of A plea that he Render unto him the Sum of forty Six Pounds Eleven Shillings and Six pence Cur^t
Money of Maryland Which from them he unjustly detains &^c And the Same day is Given to the af^d. Mary & W^m. here &^c
      Att which day here Came the af^d. Mary & W^m. Ennalls by George Hayward his Attorney and the Sheriff to witt
John Dennis Gen^t now here Returned that he had taken the af^d. Christopher Piper whose body here at this day he had
Ready to Answer the af^d. Executors of the af^d. plea as to him it was Commanded
Whereupon the af^d. Christopher Piper at the Prayer of the af^d. Mary and William Ennalls is Adjudged to Give Special
Bail to the Action af^d. Thereupon a Certain Perkin Venables of Somerset County planter present here in Court in his
Proper Person undertook for the Said Christopher Piper that if it Should happen that Judgment in the plea af^d.
Should be Rendred for the Said Ex^rs. Against the af^d. Piper or that he the Said Piper Should be therein Convict
that then he the Said Piper Should pay and Satisfie unto the af^d. Ex^rs. the Judgment of the Court thereupon or Render
his body in Execution of Such Judgment to the Prison of the Sheriff of the County af^d. in Satisfaction thereof or that he the
Said Perkan Venbales will do the Same for him &^c.
      Whereupon the af^d. Christopher Piper puts in his place W^m. Hayward Gen^t Attorney at Law Against
      the af^d. W^m. & Mary Ennalls of the af^d. plea

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