WH	Samuel Kersey
	@	Command was given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should Take Esaw Boston Late
LD	Esaw Boston	of Somerset County Planter if he the 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 November Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and fifty Nine to Answer unto Samuel Kersey of A plea of
trespass upon the Case &^c. And the Same day is Given to the af^d. Samuel here &^c
           Att which day here Came the af^d. Samuel Kersey by William Hayward his Attorney and the Sheriff to witt John
Dennis Gen^t now here Returned that he had taken the af^d. Esaw Boston whose body here at this day he had Ready to Answer
the af^d. Samuel Kersey of the af^d. plea as to him it was Commanded
           Whereupon the Said Esaw Boston puts in his place Littleton Dennis Gen^t Attorney at Law Against the af^d. Samuel
Kersey 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 in and for the County af^d. the third Tuesday of March then next following in the State that now Saveing to the
parties af^d. &^c.    Att which day here Came the af^d. Parties by their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon the Said Samuel Kersey Complained
of the af^d. Esaw Boston in the plea af^d. in form following       Somerset fs^t Esaw Boston Late of Somerset County Planter was
Attached to Answer unto Samuel Kersey of A plea of trespass upon the Case and So forth
      And Whereupon the Said Samuel by William Hayward his Att^y Complains that Whereas the Said Samuel is a Chast
                                                                                                                         Liege
And honest Liege Subject of the Said Lord the King that now is and as a Chast and honest ^ Subject of the Said Lord the King
from the time of his Birth hitherto hath Behaved and Governed himself and of Good Name fame and Credit and of honest
Life and Conversation and Condition with Good Grave Hon^rble and Honest men as well his Neighbours as other faithfull and
Liege Subjects of the Said Lord the King that now is hitherto he hath been Accounted Known Called and Reputed and without
Any Stain or Scandal of Whoredom fornication Inordinate Copulation Incontinancy or Any other fault hurtfull or Notorious
Crime Unblemished and untouched by all the time af^d. hath Carried Behaved and Governed himself and by Reason thereof
the Said Samuel hath Deservedly Got himself the Great favour and Good will of Divers Hon^rble Persons and other Liege
people of the Said Lord the King that now is Nevertheless the Said Esaw Well knowing the premisses af^d. of his mear
Malice prepence Endeavouring and Intending the Said Samuel not only in his Good Name Fame Repute Credit and
Estimation af^d. to hurt Detract Deprave Blemish and utterly Distroy but also the Said Samuel into Scandal Infamy
and Extreem Discredit with the Hon^rble persons and Other faithfull Subjects af^d. of the Said Lord the King that now is and
him the Said Samuel the penalty Against Any White man his Committing Fornication and Inordinate Copulation
with a Negro Woman to Incur on the tenth day of October Anno Dom. MDCCLIX in the presence and hearing of Very
Many Liege Subjects of the Said Lord the King that now is at Somerset County af^d. falsely and Malitiously Openly and
Publickly did Speak Relate Publish and utter of the Same Samuel these false Ficticious defamatory and Scandalous
English Words following to wit Samuel Kersey (the af^d. Samuel Meaning and of him Speaking) is a Sorry Fellow for that he (the
af^d. Samuel again Meaning) knocked (meaning Fucked) his Negro Wench Pleasant the Negro Wench of the Said Esaw
Named pleasant meaning by pretext of Speaking Relating and publishing of Wich Said false Scandalous and Defamatory
English Words the Said Samuel much hurt and Injured is Whereupon the Said Samuel Says he is Worse and hath
Damage to the Value of One hundred pounds Cur^t. Money of Maryland and thereof his Brings Suit and So forth with this
that the Said Samuel doth Aver that the plain Sence and meaning of the Word knocked in the Dec^l mentioned is Fucked
And is So in Language Generally Accepted and taken                                          Pledges &^c. J. Doe & R. Roe
And the af^d. Esaw Boston 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 in and for the County af^d. the third Tuesday of March 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 Kersey as the af^d. Esaw Boston by their Attorneys af^d. And hereupon
the Said Esaw prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town in and for the County
af^d. the third Tuesday of June then next following And he hath it And the Same day is given to the af^d. Samuel here also &^c

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