Archives of Maryland, Volume 0833, Page 0486 - Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720

Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720

486 June Court 1720

ap^l. 20^th	Rob^t: Maxfield	D^r		Rob^t. Maxfield	D^r
1717	}	lb Tob^o			lb Tob^o
	To your last year Ballance	26		To 1 p^r Small Schiz^rs 1 butchers knife	11
	To 4 Ells of broun Ozⁿ: at 9	36	24^th.	To ˝ m^^ofpinns 3 Sowing Needles	10
	To 8 Y^ds of 7/8 Checks att 16	128		To 1 pad lock & 2 Staples	26
	To 1 Castor hatt No: E att	54	July 4^th.	To 1 Chest D^o.	16
	To 1 p^r of fall Shoes	48	15^th.	To 2 Gall^s of rum & 8^l of Suggar	118
	To 2 ˝ Y^ds. of y^d & 1/8 of Checks att	52	20^th.	To 1 broad ax	44
	To 1 [lb] of best pepper	40		To 1 Womans knife & fork	14
	To a parcell of Thread	10		To 1 Tinn Candlestick	6
	To 1 Ell and 7/8 of holland [illeg.] at	46		To 2 quarts of Rum	27
	To 3ž Ells of Garlick at 16	68	Jan^ry 20^th.	To 8 Y^ds^^of blue ozⁿ: att 9	72
May 6^th.	To 6˝ and ˝ of dark Col^d Sagathy at 22	144			——–
	To 3 Skains of Col^d threed	3			1246
	To ˝ Y^d. of dyed Linnen	6		Salvea Errors Excep^td
	To 2 brasslets at 10 & 2ž Ells of w^t ozⁿ:	44		p^r Miller
	To 4 Ells of broun Ozⁿ: at 8	32		P^r Contra	C^r.
June 1^st	To 1 lb of powd^r.	26		By yo^r. goeing over the Bay	72
	To 4 Ells of Garlick at 19	76		By Tob^o. paid p^r Tho^s. Slippeo	500
22^d.	To ˝ Coll^d. ˝ lb of broun thread	27			572
	To 24 Skains of [W?]ight D^o.	24		Ballance due	674
	To 4 Skains of Nuns[?] D^o.	12			1246

      Whereupon at the prayer of the plt^f the Def^t. is adjudged to give
   Special Bail to the action af^d. Thereupon William Mackey of Kent County
                     present here in Court Undertakes for the S^d Robert Maxfield
   that in Case the S^d. Gilbert Higgingson and Company Shall recover Judgem^t
   against the S^d. Robert Maxfield in the plea af^d. or that he the S^d Robert Max:
   field Shall therein be Convict that then he the S^d Robert Maxfield Shall pay
   the Condemnation of the Court thereupon or render his body into the Custody
   of the Sheriff of Kent County in Satisfaction thereof or that he the S^d William
   Mackey will do it for him
           And now at this Court viz^t. the 28^th. day of July anno Domⁱ 1720 the af^d.
   Def^t. here in Court present in his proper person Comes and defends the force
   and Injury when &c.    And Says that He cannot gainsay the plt^s af^d. their
   action So as af^d against him brought nor can he Say but that the S^d plt^s. ought
   to recover their debt by occasion of the premises af^d to the Summ of Six hundred
   and Seventy four pounds of Tobacco and Cost of Suit against him which
   the S^d plt^f. doth not gansay Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here
   the 28^th day of July anno Domⁱ 1720 that the S^d. Gilbert Higginson & Compa^y.
   Recover against the S^d Robert Maxfield as well the Summ of Six hundred
   and Seventy four pounds of Tobacco his Damages af^d. in form af^d Confessd
   as also the the Summ of three hundred and twenty Seven pounds of Tobacco

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