GH	George Hardy
	@	Command was given To the sheriff of Somerset County that he should take Christopher
LD	Christopher Piper	Piper Late of Somerset County planter Otherwise called I Christopher Piper of the

county and province af^d Planter if he should be found in his bailywick & 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 princess Ann
Town the third tuesday of June Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty three to answer unto
George Hardy of a plea that he render unto him sixty pounds current Money of Maryland which to him
he owes and unjustly detains &^c and the same day is given to the af^d George here and So forth
And hereupon the af^d George Hardy declared against the af^d Christopher Piper in the plea af^d in form following
Somerset to wit Christopher Piper Late of Somerset county planter otherwise called I Christopher Piper of the
county & province af^d Planter was sumoned to answer unto George Hardy of a plea that he render unto him
Sixty pounds current money of Maryland which to him he owes and unjustly detains and So Forth
And Whereupon the said George Hardy by George Hayward his attorney saith that whereas the
said Christopher on the Ninth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred sixty
and two at Somerset County af^d by his certain writing obligatory which the said George Hardy with the seal
of the said Christopher sealed here into Court brings the date whereof is the same day and year afs^d did acknow
-ledge himself to be held and firmly bound unto the said George Hardy in the aforesaid Sum of sixty
pounds current Money of Maryland to be paid unto the said George Hardy when he the said Christo
-pher by the said George Hardy should be thereunto Required Nevertheless the said Christopher
tho often Required the said Sixty pounds Current Money af^d to the said George Hardy hath not
Rendred but the same to him hitherto to render hath denyed and still doth deny and unjustly
detain, wherefore the said George Hardy saith he is worse and hath damage to the Value of Sixty
Pounds current money of Maryland and thereof he brings Suit and so Forth      pledges &^c J Doe R Roe
A Copy of the foregoing declaration was made & sent To be served on the def^t in order for speedy tryall
Att which day here came the afs^d George Hardy by George Hayward his Attorney & the sheriff to witt
Ephraim Wilson 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 George Hardy of the plea af^d as to him it was commanded
and further the same sheriffe returned that he had served the af^d Christopher Piper with a Copy
of the foregoing declaration according to act of assembly in such case provided &^c
And thereof Christopher Piper by Littleton Dennis his attorney comes and defends the Force and
injury when &^c and saith that he cannot deny the action afs^d of the af^d George Hardy (nor but that
the writing obligatory af^d: is the Deed of him the said Christopher Piper) nor but that he owes the
af^d George Hardy the af^d Sixty pounds in manner and form as the af^d George Hardy above against
him hath declared                Therefore it is considered that the af^d. George Hardy recover against the af^d
Christopher Piper his Debt af^d and his damages by occasion of the detention of that same Debt to
242                                                 pounds of tobacco to the Same George of his assent by the
court here adjudged & the af^d Christopher in mercy &^c

GH	Jonathan Dalby
	@	Command was given to the sheriffe of Somerset County that he should take
WH	John Garlington	John Garlington 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 Somersett to be held at princess Ann Town the third tuesday of June Anno Dom. one
thousand seven hundred and sixty three to answer unto Jonathan Dalbey of a plea of trespass upon the
case &^c and the same day is given to the af^d Jonathan Dalbey here &^c

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