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[47] March Court 1701 Annoq Domi 1699 ye Said Edward did prosecute and obtaine out of the Court of our Lord ye King held for ye Said County A Certaine writt Directed to ye Afsd Elias King Sherf. of ye Same County Comanding him ye Said Elias to Take ye bodie of ye Said Thomas Burrows if found in his bailiwick & him Safe keepe Soe that he have his bodie before his Majties Justices Att ye Next Court to be held for Said County ye fourth Tuesday of Janry next ensuing ye date of ye Same writt which Said writt Afterwards that is to Say on ye 20th. day of Janry Annoq Domi 1699 was delivered unto him ye Said Elias then Sherf. of ye Said County in forme of right to be Executed; by vertue of which writt the Said Sherf. Afterwards that is to Say on ye 22d. day of Janry Ano. Domi. 1699 did Take ye Said Thomas Burrows and him ye Sd. Thomas had in his Custody by virtue of ye Afsd. writt as by ye returne of ye Same writt here in Court produced Appeares. yet nevertheless ye Said Elias being Sherf. as Afsd. and not regarding ye duty of his Said Office nor his oath Taken for ye due Execution of ye Same but craftily & Subtilly contriving and intending to decieve and defraud ye Said Edward of ye Afsd. eighteen hundred forty & Two pounds of Tobo. on ye 5. Day of Febry Annoq Domi. 1699 at Kent County Afsd. within ye jurisdiction of this Court him ye Said Thomas Burrows at large whither he would to goe & Escape he ye Said Elias did permitt & Suffer without ye Lycence and consent and against ye will of him ye Said Edward ye Said Eighteen hundred forty & Two pounds of Tobo not being paid & Satisfied; and ye Said Thomas ever Since hither: to to places to ye Said Edwd. Unknowne did and yet doth absent and eloyne himselfe Soe that [y]e Said Edwd. could not by any process of Law Since get him ye Said Thomas taken and thereby [ye] Said Edwd. ye benefitt and advantage of ye recovery of ye Said Eighteen hundred forty & Two pounds of Tobo. whereupon ye Said Edward Saith that he ye worse is & damage hath recieved to ye value of Three Thousand Six hundred Eighty & four pounds of Tobo. and [th]ereupon he brings this Suite M Earle pr qr.
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