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264 the said Comp.lt hath been not onely Served with a Sup.a for the payment of the said Costs but also with a writ of Execution of the Said Decree & the Costs hath been Demanded of him but hee hath refused to pay the Same as by the Affidavit of James Crauford may appeare Whereupon pcesse of Contempt issued out against the said Comp.lt for Nonpayment of the said costs and he hath beene taken upon the same and Lyes now in Prisson in the Custody of the Sheriffe of S.t Maryes County for nonpayment of the said Costs And a writ of Execution of the said Decree hath beene Delivered to the said Comp.lt under the Seale of this Court Whereby he is Enjoyned to performe what on his part ought to be performed And one George Curwen did upon the thirteenth day of Aprill last past by vertue of a Letter of Attorney under the hand and Seale of the said George Parker bearing date the Eighth day of Aprill last past Aske and Demand of the said Comp.lt if he would performe and yeild obedience to the said Decree and would pay unto him the said George Curwen for the use of the said George Parker the said Seaverall Sumes of Tenn thousand pounds of tobacco & Tenn thousand pounds of Tobacco Due by the said Order and Award to be payd by the said Comp.lt to the said Deft as also the said Twelve thousand six hundred fifty two pounds of Tobacco costs aforesaid And the said George Curwen did at the same time tender unto the said Comp.lt a writeing with a seale to the same affixed purporting to be a Letter of Attorney whereby hee the sd Comp.lt was to Authorize and Impower the said George Curwen in his the Comp.lts name and stead and as his Attorney to Enter into and upon all the Messuages Tenements Dwelling houses Orchards Yards Gardens Lands & premisses with the appurtenances mentioned and expressed in the Deed of Mortgage or Lease before recited Or into or upon soe much thereof as is not by the said Decree Ordered and Adjudged Or into any part thereof in the Name of the whole And peaceable and quiet posession and Seizen thereof for him and in his name to take And after such posession and Seizin thereof had & taken as aforesaid for him the said Comp.lt & in his Name Stead and place peaceable and quiet posession Livery and Seizin of all and Singular the said premisses or any part thereof in the name of the whole to deliver unto the said George Parker his heires or Assignes or to his or their Certaine Attorney in that behalfe And to ratify and Confirme all and whatsoever the said Attorney should Doe or Cause to be Done in or about the p.rmisses And the said George Curwen did then and there Desire the said Comp.lt to Seale and Execute the said Letter of Attorney to him the said George Curwen in manner aforesaid but the said Comp.lt Did Absolutely refuse to pay the said Twelve thousand six hundred fifty two pounds of Tobacco Costs or the said Twenty thousand pounds of tobacco (Ordered |
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