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[4] March Court 1717 [h]is Severall promises and assumptions afd in forme afd made litle minding but~ [f]raudulently Intending the Said Plt. in that behalfe to deceive & defraud the afd Severall Sumes of Tobacco which in the whole Amounts unto the Sume of four hundred and Sixty two pounds of Merchantable Tobacco to the Said Plt~. altho’ afterwards vizt. the Eighteenth day of October in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen and often after at the Parish County & Jurisdiciõn afd by the Said Plt was thereunto required hath not paid nor made Content~ for the Same But that to pay or Content~ the Said Deft~. hitherto hath denied & Still doth deny to the damage of him the Said Plt~. Nine hundred and Twenty four pounds of Merchant: :able Tobacco and thereupon he brings Sute &ca. TBowne pr Querr pls: Jno. Doe & Rd Roe~ James Willcocks Dr. Janry. 3d. 1714 To 1 Tax . 98 Janry 3d 1715 To 1 Ditto 150 Janr 3d. 1716 To 1 Ditto 214 . Totall 462 And the Said Deft~. being called Came and the Said Plt~. by his afd attry prays that the Said Deft~. might give Special baile to the afd Accõn which is granted and that be kept in Safe Custody by the Sherf. of Said County untill he Shall give Special bale as afd.. . And the Said Deft~ Saith that he Cannot gainsay the Accõn afd of him~ the Said Plt~. nor but that he is indebted as afd and is willing that Judgment Should be entered for the Said Sume being four hundred Sixty two pounds of Tobo. and Cost~ thereon Accruing = = Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this . Twentieth day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seven :teen That the afd plt~. William Frisby do recover against the Said Deft~ James . Willcocks as well the afd Sume of ffour hundred and Sixty two pounds of Tobo. Damages as also the Sume of Three hundred Eighty 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 And the afd Plt~ comes into Court in his proper person and Acknowledges to have Received from the afd Deft~ the Sume of Eight hundred fourty. three pounds of Tobo. it being in full Satisfaciõn of the Damages and Cost in the Judgment~ afd Jams Smith Clk.
next Court to be held at our Court house in the Town of Chester in Said County to - Answer unto William Frisby of a plea that he render him the full and just Summe of Nine hundred and Twenty pounds of good Merchantable leafe Tobacco in Caske to containe the Same of the value of Nine pounds Sterling money which from him he unjustly detains &ca. . And that he have then and there the Said writ &ca Att. |
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