Archives of Maryland, Volume 0543, Page 0164b - Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

                  August Court                           1762                      164
not paid but that to do Altogether hath Refused and Still doth Refuse altho the Same to do Afterwards to wit the fifth
day of Feb^ry Anno Dom. MDCCLV at the County af^d. and often Since that time by the Said Samuel Required to the damage
of the Said Samuel thirty Pounds Cur^t Money of and thereof he brings Suit &^c              Pledges &^c. J: Doe & R: Roe
      And the af^d. John Records by his Attorney af^d. Comes and defends the force and Injury when &^c And prays Leave
thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at 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. Samuel here also &^c
             Att which day here Came as well the af^d. Samuel Shepard as the af^d. John Records by
their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon the Said John as before defends the force and Injury when &^c. And Saith
that he Cannot deny the Action af^d. of the af^d. Samuel Shepard nor but that he did Assume upon himself in Manner and form
as the af^d. Samuel Above Against him hath Complained and as to the damage of the Same Samuel by him by Occasion
of the Premisses in that part Sustained the Same John Saith and Acknowledgeth that the af^d. Samuel hath
Sustained Damages by Occasion of the Premisses beyond his Costs and Charges by him About his Suit in that part
Apposed to Twenty Two pounds fourteen Shillings and five pence Cur^t Money and not More and because the af^d.
Samuel denys not this but the Same Allegation Grants to be true prays Judgment for those Damages above Acknow:
:ledged 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. Samuel Shepard
Recover Against the af^d. John Records his Damages af^d. to the af^d. Twenty Two pounds fourteen Shillings and five
288 1/2    pence Cur^t Money by the Same John in form af^d. Acknowledged as also
Pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges af^d. to the Same Samuel 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 Twenty Two pounds fourteen
Shillings and five pence Cur^t Money and                                                    Pounds of Tobacco and the af^d.
John in Mercy &^c

GH    James Houston

@    Command was given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should Take William

SW    W^m. Outerbridge    Outerbridge 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. 1762 to Answer unto James Houston of A plea of
trespass upon the Case &^c. And the Same day is Given to the af^d. James here &^c
             Att which day here Came the af^d. James Houston by George Hayward his Attorney and the
Sheriff to witt Ephraim Wilson now here Returned that he had taken the af^d. William Outerbridge whose body here
at this day he had Ready to Answer the af^d. James Houston of the af^d. plea as to him it was Commanded
             Whereupon the Said W^m. Outerbridge at the prayer of the af^d. James Houston is Adjudged to
Give Special Bail to the Action af^d. Thereupon a Certain Ephraim King of Somerset County Gen^t present
here in Court in his Proper Person undertook for the Said William Outerbridge and Assumed upon himself
that if it Should happen that Judgment in the plea af^d. Should be Rendred for the Said James Houston Against
the af^d. William Outerbridge or that he the Said William Outerbridge Should be therein COnvict that then
he the Said William Outerbridge Should pay and Satisfie unto the af^d. James Houston 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 Eph. King will do the Same for him &^c
           Whereupon the Said W^m. Outerbridge puts in his place Sam^l. Wilson Gen^t Attorney at Law against
the af^d. James 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.    Att which day here Came the parties af^d. by their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon
Ephraim King Special Bail of the af^d. William Outerbridge Came here into Court in his proper person And prays that
for his Indemnity he may be discharged of And from his Manucaption And the Bail piece Entred into for the Said William
Whereupon the Said Ephraim King of his Manucaption and bail piece af^d. is discharged And the Said William
Outerbridge is Committed into the Custody of the Sheriff of the County af^d. there to Remain &^c. And hereupon the Said
James Houston Complained Against the af^d. William Outerbridge in the plea af^d. in form following

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