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786 Therfore it is considered by this Court that Plt Capt Edw Sweatnam doe Recover from the said Defend.ts in their said capacities as well the sd sume of Two Thowsand Eight hundred and Eighty poundes of Tobaccoe the sume of Two hundred ^Ninety^ and Five poundes of Tobaccoe cost of suit Clk 140 Coron.r 55 Simon Wilmer Clk att.r 100 295 Command was given the 26.th day of M.rch Anno Dom 1697 unto the sheerif of Kent County that he take James Smith if he should be found in his Bailiwick and him safe Keepe soe that he have his Body before his Maj.ties Justices att the Next Court to Answer unto Eliz.a and Thomas Coursey Ex.rs of Coll Henry Coursey of a plea of Debt Att which Court viz the 22.th day of June Anno Dom 1697 the day of Returne of sd Writt came Capt Edward Sweatnam high sheerif of sd County and made returne of sd Writt in these Wordes viz Cepi Corpus p Edw Sweatnam sheft On which day the sd Defend.t James Smith by Richard Macklin his Attorney appeared And now here att this day viz the 25.th day of August Anno Dom 1697 came as Well the said Plts by Thomas Coursey their attorney as allsoe the sd Defend.t by Richard Macklin his sd att.ry and the said cause standing for Tryal
Elizabeth Coursey and Thomas Coursey Ex.rs of the last will and Testament of Coll Henry Coursey late of Talbot County Decead of a plea y.t he render them the full and just sume of Four hundred poundes of good sound Merch.table ^leaf^ Tobaccoe in cask convenient on Chester River in said County which from them he unjustly deteineth And Wherupon the said Eliz.a and Thomas in their Capacities by the said Thomas Coursey saith that wheras the said James on the 18.th day of August Anno 1691 in Kent County within the Jurisdicon of this Court by his certain bill or Writing obligatory sealed w.th his |
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