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257 November Court 1717 that whereas the afd Deft the Eleventh day of November in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixteen at St Pauls Parish in Kent County afd within the Jurisdicion of this Court by his certain bill obligatory which he the Said Deft~ Sealed with his Seale and as his deed delivered hereinto Court brought the date whereof is the Same day and Year afd bound himselfe his heires Executors & Administrators to pay or cause to be paid to the afd Plt the afd full and Just Sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco of the afd Price and value of four pounds Sterling money Convenient upon Chester River in the afd County at or upon the tenth day of November next Ensueing the date of the afd bill obligatory Yett the afd Deft altho often required the afd Sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco to the Said Plt. hath not paid but that to him to render or pay or cause to be paid the Said Deft~ hitherto hath denied and Yett doth deny and unjustly detain to the damage of. the Said Plt. Six pounds Sterling money and thereupon he brings
the Said Deft being called came and the Said Plt by his afd attry prayd that the Said Deft~ may give Special baile to the afd Accõn which is granted and that he be kept in Safe Custody by the Sherf of Said County untill he Shall give Special baile as afd. After which John Twegue and Andrew Price both of Said County here in Court came and they and either of them doth Acknowledge themselves as Special baile in the afd Accõn and they and Each of them^doundertake the Payment of the debt afd and Cost Accrueing if in case the afd Plt Shall obtaine Judgment against against~ the Said Deft in the Said Accõn of Debt and the Deft the Condemna: :tion afd Should not Satisfie nor himselfe to the Custody of the Sherf of Said County deliver or that the afd John Twegue and Andrew Price or either of them the body of the afd Deft Shall not render &ca. And the afd Deft came into Court and in his proper person appeared to the afd Accõn . And Saith that he Cannot gainsay the Accon afd of him the Said Plt nor but that the bill afd is his Act and deed and . that he oweth unto the afd Plt the afd Sume of five hundred pounds of |
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