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742 Almighty God true and perfect Answer make to all and singular the Premises as if herein and hereby ^again^ Interrogated and Perticularly whether he did not make and drew the afd Sett of Bills of Exchange for Twenty pounds sterl payable to the said William Deceased And whether he had not Notice of their Comeing in protested on what Consideration he did pass them as afd and whether he did not assigne over unto the said William in his life time the severall obligations in the Manner and afd and afterwards Refused to make any further or other assignment thereof how much money or Tobacco he owed the said William Deceased on the Settlement of Accounts Between them and for what Sum of Money or Tobacco it was he owed and Intended to Mortgage his now dwelling house and plantation to the said William Deceased whether he has since paid the said William deceased or Your Orat.rs since any part of the said sums And whether one of the obligees afd Viz.t Humphry Webb since Runn away from this province to parts remote and unknown to your orators And the Said William ^Ninian Beale^ Saith ^that^ he doth not know of any such sume as Twenty pounds sterl four thousand seven hundred and Ninety three pounds of Tobacco to have been due to the Comp.ts Testater in the Year seventeen hundred and one as in the Bill Alleadged Tho he does owne there were Accounts Depending at that time Betwixt the said Testator and him and that a Ballance might then be due to the Testator but not so much as is alleadged which this Defendant Questions not to make appear (but the Exact Sum of he cannot Tell having never the Testators Account) has been paid him and Amongst the payments made him by this Defend.t he does not remember he has made any such payments as the Twenty pounds Bill of Exchange Specified in the Complainants Bill And the Defendant doth acknowledge that he did Endorse over unto the Testator the two obligations in the Bill mentioned of Humphry Webbs and is well Informed that one of the said obligations were afterward Complyed with by the s.d Humphry by passing Bills of Excha to the Complain.ts or one of them |
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