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76 June Court 1718
before his Said Lord Ships Justices of the next Court to be held at our Court house in the Town of Chester in Said County to Answer unto Edward Sammon of a plea that he render him the full and Just Sume of Six hundred and forty pounds of good Sound Marchantable Tobacco in well Seasoned Caske of the price & value of four pds Sterlg money which from him he unjustly detains &ca. And that he have then and there the Said writ &ca . . Att which Said next Court vizt. the Seventeenth day of June Anno Domi one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen the day of return of Said writ came Simon Wilmer Gent~. high Sherf of Said County and made return thereof in these words thereon Endorsed as folls vizt. Cepi Corpus pr S:Wilmer Sher And A Decln being filed when Said writ Issued forth & a Copy thereof Served therewith According to Act of Assembly in Such Case made was as folls vizt. Kent County Ss. John Dunkin of Kent County Planter alis Dics John Dunkine of Kent County Planter in the Province of Maryland was Summoned to answer unto Edward Sammon of a plea that he render him the full and Just Sume of Six hundred and forty pounds of good Sound Merchantable leafe~ Tobacco in well Seasoned Cask of the price & value of four pounds Sterlg money which from him he unjustly detains &ca. And Whereupon the afd Plt~ by Thomas Bowne his attorney Saith that whereas the afd Deft~ the nineth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen of 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 & yeare afd bound himselfe his heirs Executr. adminirtrs in the afd full and just Sum of Six hundred and forty pounds of good Sound Marchantable leafe Tobacco in well Seasoned Cask to Convent one the Plantation of the Sd Deft of the afd price and value of four pounds Sterlg money at or upon the tenth day of November next Ensuing the date of the Said bill obligatory Yet the afd Deft~ altho’ often required the afd Sume of Six hundred and forty pounds of Tobacco of the afd price & value of four pds Sterlg money to the Said Plt~. hath not paid but that to him to render or pay the Said Deft~ hitherto. hath denyed & Still doth deny and unjustly detain to the damage of him the Said Plt~. one Thousand pounds of Tobacco and thereupon he brings Sute &ca. TBowne pr Querr plds Jno Doe & Rd Roe And the afd Deft being called came And the Said Plt by his afd attry prays that the Said Deft~ may give Special baile to the afd Accõn which is - granted |
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