Archives of Maryland, Volume 0543, Page 0069 - Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763

           March Court               1761              69
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 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 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 November 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 as before defends the force and Injury when &^c. And Saith that he is not Guilty of
the premisses in the declaration mentioned in Manner and form as the af^d. Samuel Above Against him hath Complained
And of this he puts himself upon the Country And the Plf. in Like manner
      Thereupon Command is given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he Should Cause to Come before his Lordships
Justices the peace at the next Court to be held at Princes Ann Town in and for the County af^d. the third Tuesday
of March then next following twelve good free and Lawfull men of the County af^d. Whereof Every one hath a free hold
in the Said County) by Whom the truth of the premisses af^d. may be the better known and who neither the af^d. Samuel
Kersey nor the af^d. Esaw Boston touch by any Affinity to Recognize upon their Oath of and upon the premisses af^d.
because as well the af^d. Samuel Kersey as the af^d. Esaw Boston have put themselves upon that Jury and the Same day is
given to the parties af^d. here &^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 the Sheriff to witt John Dennis Gen^t Sheriff of the County af^d. Returned the af^d. Writ of Veniry
facias and the Names of the Jurors in all things Served and Executed and the Jurors of that Jury thereof Impannelled
being Called Some of them to witt George Irving, William Pollit, Marcy Beauchamp, George Day Scott, George Wails
Michael Dorman, Zorobable King, W^m. M^cClemey, William Hath, James Polk, and William Fleming Came and were
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Sworn upon that Jury and because the Residue of the Jurors of that Same Jury did not Appear therefore ^ others of the
by Standers by the Sheriff of the County af^d. hereunto Elected and at the Request of the af^d. Samuel Kersey and by the
Command of the af^d. Justices is newly put on whose Name to the pannell within Written is filed According to the form
of the Statute in Such Case made and provided which Same Juror so newly put on to witt John Anderson being Called
Likewise Came who to Say the truth of the premisses af^d. together with the Other Jurors af^d. before Impannelled and Sworn
being Elected tryed and Sworn upon their Oath Say that the af^d. Esaw Boston is Guilty of the Premisses in the declaration
mentioned in Manner and form as the af^d. Samuel Kersey Above Against him hath Complained and Assessed the
Damages of the Said Samuel by Occasion of the premisses af^d. beyond his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in
that part Apposed to four pounds Ten Shillings and Six pence Cur^t Money of Maryland and for those Costs and Charges
to One pound of Tobacco       Therefore it is Considered that the af^d. Samuel Kersey Recover Against the af^d. Esaw
Boston his Damages af^d. by the Jurors af^d. in form af^d. ~~in form~~ Assessed as also
977    Pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges af^d. to the Same Samuel by the Court here of his Assent of Increase Adjudged
which Damages in the Whole Amount to four pound Ten Shillings Cur^t Money &
978                 Pounds of Tobacco And the af^d. Esaw in Mercy &^c.

WA    William Smith

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

WH    W^m. Baly    Baly 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 our Justices of our County Court of Somerset to be held at Princes Ann
Town the third Tuesday of March Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty to Answer unto William
Smith of A plea wherefore with force and Arms one Light Brindle Two year old Cow the proper Cow of the Said
William Smith of the price of Five pounds Cur^t Money of Maryland at the County af^d. he the Said William
Baly with dogs did Sole and tare and himself with a Stake the Said Cow did Beat and Kill and other harms to him
the Said William Smith then and there did to the Great Damage of the Said William Smith and Against our
peace that now is &^c And the Same day is given to the af^d. Smith here &^c
      Att which day here Came the af^d. William Smith by William Allen his Attorney and the

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