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November Court 1717 286 the Said Deft may give Special baile to the afd Accon 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 comes into Court George Gleaves junior of Said County & acknowledges himselfe as Special baile in the afd Accõn and doth undertake the payment~ of the debt afd and the Cost thereon accruing if in Case the afd Plt Shall obtaine Judgment against the Said Deft in the afd Accõn of Debt and the Said Deft~ the Condemnation afd Shall not Satisfie nor himselfe to the Custody of the Sherf of Said County deliver or that the afd George Gleaves the body of the afd William Forbush Shall not render &ca. And A Declaration being fild in Said Accõn as folls vizt. Kent County Ss William Forbush of Kent County Planter alis Dics William Forbus of the County Kent~ on Deltwr was Summoned to Answer unto William Rodeney of a plea that he render him the full and just Summe of Eleven pounds good Currant money - of America which to him he owes and from him he unjustly detains &ca. And whereupon the afd Plt by Thomas Bowne his attry Saith that~ wheras the afd Deft~ the thirtyth day of July in the Year of our Lord Christ~ one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixteen at St. Pauls Parish in Kent~ County within the Jurisdiccon of this Court by his Certain Writeing 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 granted himselfe holden and firmly bound unto the afd Plt~ in the afd full and Just Sume of Eleven pounds good Currant money of America to be paid unto the afd Plt upon or before the Thirtyeth day of July next Ensuing the date of the Sd Writing Obligatory Yet the afd Deft~ altho often required ye afd Sume of Eleven pounds Currant money of America to the Sd Plt~ hath not paid but that to him to render or pay hither to hath denyed and Still doth deny to the damage of him the Said Plt Twenty two pounds Currant~. money of America & thereupon he brings Sute &ca. TBowne pr Querr plds Jno Doe & Rd Roe And the afd Plt by his attry afd prays that the Deft to his Decln afd may answr. and the afd Deft~ in his proper person comes into Court and appears to the afd accõn and Saith that he cannot gainsay the Accõn afd of him the Said Plt nor but that the writing obligatory above mentioned is his Act and deed and that he oweth unto the afd Plt the afd Sume of Eleven pounds Currant money & is willing Judgment Should be entered for the Same and Cost thereon accruing Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this Twenty third day of November Annoque Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen~ That the afd Plt William Rodeney Recover against the Said Deft William~ Forbush as well the afd Sume of Eleven pounds good Currant money of America Debt as also the Sume of Three hundred ninety one pounds of Tobacco Cost by the afd Plt about his Sute in this behalfe Expended and by the Court here of his assent adjudged and the Said Deft in mercy &ca.
Said Lord Ships Justices in Court Judicially Setting and held for Kent County at the Court house |
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