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Kent County Court Proceedings, 1676-1698
Volume 557, Page 953   View pdf image (33K)
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Kent fs         To y.e Justices of Kent County Courtt sep.tr y.e 12.th 1685
             Bee it Remembred that y.e Complaints of James Ringgold obtained the
             Judgments in this Courtt Against Estate of Samuel Tovey Late Deceased
             bearing Date y.e Ninth Day of Decem.br in y.e yeare 1684 amounting in y.e
             whole to y.e sume of 32480 pounds of tobacco & Execuco Awarded thereupon
             & Delivered to Edward Sweatnam High sheriffs of Kent County Butt so
             it is That y.e s.d sherieff Maliciously falsly & Wickedly mannaged y.e s.d
             Executions Contrary to y.e Lawes & Customs of ou.r Pation refuseing to
             Impannell A jury of Enquest to appraise y.e goods of y.e s.d Tovey attending              
             to y.e Law in such Cases made & Provided but Appraised y.e s.d goods
             by y.e oaths of two men by name Richard Lowder & Morgan Jones who
             Appraised y.e s.d Goods at Double y.e Vallew & Refused to take them at
             y.e price And y.e s.d sheriff Did not Deliver Quiett & faire Psesion
             of y.e p.rmisses yett y.e following Court y.e s.d sheriffs impudently Returned
             his Coxits to y.e s.d Courtt is if they had been Really performed at w.ch time
             y.e Complain.t refused to Accep.t of y.e Returne of y.e s.d writt upon which y.e s.d
             Justices y.e s.d sheriff to goe againe to y.e p.rmisses & give Quiett possesion to
             y.e Complain.t is he had before p.rtended & goeing to y.e place y.e s.d sheriff
             found Oppossition Returned to yo.u y.e s.d Justices againe & Comanded
             to assist him in y.e Delivery of y.e s.d p.rmisses by force of his Posse Comitas who
             performed y.e same & Care along w.th y.e s.d sheriff & severall other g.d people
             p.rsent at w.ch Returne y.e s.d Sweatnam Demanded possesion of Thomas Joce
             And Ann his wife Adm.rx of all & singuler y.e goods & Chattels of y.e s.d Tovey
             Late Deceased who Refused to Deliver Whereupon y.e s.d sheriff forceably
             turned y.e s.d Joce & Ann his wife out of one small Dwelling house and gave
             Possesion thereof as also one house Called y.e Quarter Leaving y.e s.d Joce & his
             wife in Possesion of y.e great Dwelling house and all other y.e p.rmises but p.rsented
             a full Delivery Thereof afterwards & would proceed no farther But y.e said
             Sweatnam & Joce some time after went to S.t Maries & brought up w.th them
             A writt of Erro.r & supersedeas under y.e great seale of this Province
             thereby Destroying y.e Complain.ts Executions to y.e great Disnono.r of y.e Right
             y.e Lord Prop.ry of this Province his good Rule & Dignity & Lesse Damage
             terour & Amazement of me y.e Complain.t as also all other good people of
             this Province truly understanding the same y.e act Done being repugnant
             to y.e Lawes of England And flatt in y.e face of that statute made in y.e s.d of
             K: James Ch: 8 10th w.ch follows in these woords No Execution shall be signed upon
             any writt of Erro.r or any supersedeas thereupon for y.e Reversing of any
             Judgm.t in any action of Debt Unless the pl.t w.th two sufficient sureties such
             as y.e Courtt shall like off shall be first bound to y.e party for whome such
             Judgm.t is given by Recognizance in y.e same Courtt in Double y.e sume
             Adjudged to


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