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260 June Court 1719
Court here Endorsd. Cepi Corpus Copy Declaration Served in time pr me Simon Wilmer Sherf Kent County Ss George Gleaves Jnr. of Kent County Planter alis Dics George Gleaves Junr. of Kent County in the Province of Maryland Planter was Summoned to Answer unto Gilbert Falconar of a plea that he render him the the Sum of two Thousand foure hundred and Seventy two pounds of good Sound Merchantable Tobacco Clear of all trash and Ground Leaves of the value of twenty four pounds Sterling money which from him he unjustly detains &ca. . . . and whereupon the Said Plt by Thomas Bowne his Attry Saith that Whereas the afd Deft the third day of February in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen at St. Pauls Parish in Kent County within the Jurisdiciõn 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 and obliged himselfe his heirs Execrs and Admrs. in the afd Sume of two Thousand four hundred and Seventy two pounds of good Sound Merchantable Tobacco Clear of all trash and Ground leaves of the afd value of twenty four pounds Sterling money for the true payment of one Thousand two hundred and thirty Six pounds of good Sound Merchantable Tobacco Clear of all trash and Ground Leaves in Casque to Containe the Same to the Same Plt Convenient in Said County at or upon the tenth day of 9ber. next Ensuing the date of the Said Bill and the afd Plt. in deed Saith that the afd Deft hath not paid to the afd Plt the afd Sume of one Thousand two hundred and thirty Six pounds of Tobacco at or upon the afd tenth day of 9ber. which to him at or upon the Same day he ought to have done according to the forme and Effect of the Said Bill by which Action hath Accrued to the afd Plt to . Exact and have of the afd Deft the afd Sume of two Thousand four hundred and Seventy two pounds of Tobacco Yet the afd Deft altho’ often required the afd Sume of two Thousand four hundred and Seventy two pounds of Tobacco to the Said Plt. hath not paid but that to render or pay he hath altogether denied and Still doth deny and unjustly detaine to the damage of the afd Plt forty Eight pounds Sterling money & thereupon he brings Sute &ca. Whereupon at ye prayr of ye Plt by his attry afd ye Deft is adjudged to give Spl baile to ye Accõn afd and the Said Deft in his proper person comes and defends the force and injury when &ca. and Says that he cannot gainsay the Plt his Accõn afd So as afd |
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