Archives of Maryland, Volume 0543, Page 0143 - Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

June Court 1762 142

WH	Mess^rs. Gale and Ponsonby
	@	Command was Given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should take
LD WA	James Pusey	James Pewsey Late of Somerset County Planter if he Should be found in his Bailywick

And him Should Safe keep so that he might have his body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of
Somerset to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of March Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred
and Sixty Two to Answer unto John Gale and John Ponsonby of A plea of trespass upon the Case &^c. And the
Same day is Given to the af^d. Gale & Ponsonby here &^c
                Att which day here Came the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby by William Hayward their Attorney and the
Sheriff to witt Ephraim Wilson now here Returned that he had taken the af^d. James Pewsey whose body here at
this day he had Ready to Answer the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby of the af^d. plea as to him it was Commanded
           Whereupon the Said James Pewsey at the prayer of the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby is Adjudged to Give
Special Bail to the Action af^d. Thereupon a Certain Henry Smith of Somerset County Planter present here in Court
in his Proper Person undertook for the Said James Pusey and Assumed upon himself that if it Should happen that
Judgment in the plea af^d. Should be Rendred for the Said Gale and Ponsonby Against the af^d. James Pewsey or that he
the Said James Pewsey Should be therein Convict that then he the Said James Pewsey Should pay and Satisfie unto
the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby 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 Henry Smith will do the Same
for him &^c       Whereupon the Said James Pusey Put in his place William Allen Gen^t Attorney at Law Against the
af^d. Gale and Ponsonby of the af^d. plea    And thereupon at the prayer of the Parties af^d. day is to them now
here Given untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town the third Tuesday of June then next following in the
State that now Saveing to the Parties af^d. &^c. Att which day here Came as well the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby as the
af^d. James Pusey by their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon the Said Gale and Ponsonby Complained Against the af^d.
James Pusey in the plea af^d. in form following
Somerset fs^t James Pewsey Late of Somerset County Planter was Attached to Answer unto John Gale and John
Ponsonby of a plea of trespass upon the Case and So forth
           And Whereupon the Said Gale and Ponsonby by William Hayward their Attorney Complain that
Whereas the Said James the Ninth day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty was Indebted
unto the Said Gale and Ponsonby in the Sum of five Pounds One Shilling and four pence half penny Cur^t Money of
Maryland for the Articles and things in the Account hereto Annexed mentioned and So thereof Indebted being the Said
James in Consideration thereof afterwards to wit the Same day and Year af^d. at the County af^d. upon himself Assumed
And to the Said Gale and Ponsonby then and there faithfully Promised that he the Said James the Sum of Money af^d.
when he Should be thereto Afterwards Required unto the Said Gale and Ponsonby well and faithfully would pay
and Content Nevertheless the Said James his promise and Assumption af^d. in form af^d. made Little Regarding but
Minding and fraudulently Intending the Said Gale and Ponsonby in that part Craftily and Subtilly to deceive and
defraud the Sum of Money af^d. unto the Said Gale and Ponsonby hath not paid or them for the Same in Any Sort
Contented (Altho the Same to do the Same James afterwards to wit the Same day and Year af^d. and often Since at
the County af^d. by the Said Gale and Ponsonby was Required but the Same to them to pay hitherto altogether hath
Refused and Still doth Refuse and unjustly deny whereupon the Said Gale and Ponsonby Say they are worse and
have Damage to the Value of Ten pounds Cur^t Money of Maryland and thereof they bring Suit &^c
                                                                                                       Pledges &^c. J: Doe & R: Roe

1760	D^r. James Pusey in Acco^t. with Mess^rs. Gale and Ponsonby
Feb^ry 16	To 3 1/4 yd^s Checks 5/5: 2 Scanes thread 4^d (Aprill 15) To 2 yd^s Sheeting 4/2 a Linen hand^e. 2/ (July 7) To 5 1/2 yards Sagathy 24/9: 6 yd^s Salecia Linen 18/	?2..14..8
	To 1 y^d buck^m. 1/8 1 1/4 yd^s b^m. Sheeting 2/7 3/4 To 2 1/2 doz buttons 3/9: 27 Small Ditto 1/8 1/4 To 1 oz thread 8^d a hk Silk 10^d: 2 Sticks hair 1/ To 4 y^ds. Twining 10/: 1 pair buckles 1/6	1..3..8 1/2
	To a Caster hat	1..3
	E Excepted by Levin Gale for Mess^rs. Gale and Ponsonby	?5..1..4 1/2

And the af^d. James by his Attorney af^d. Comes and defends the force and Injury when &^c And Saith that he Cannot
deny the Action af^d. of the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby nor but that he did Assume upon himself in Manner and form
as the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby above Against him have Complained and as to the Damages of the Said Gale and
Ponsonby by him by Occasion of the premisses the Said James Saith and Acknowledgeth that the af^d. Gale and
Ponsonby hath Sustained Damages by Occasion of the Premisses beyond their Costs and Charges by them about
their Suit in that part Apposed to five pounds one Shilling and four pence half penny Cur^t Money and not more and because
the af^d. Gale and Ponsonby deny not this but the Same Allegation Grant to be true pray Judgment for those damages
together with
above Acknowledged ^ ~~further~~ Costs and Charges af^d. to them to be Adjudged

Therefore

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