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August Court
1723
109 within the Jurisdiction afd in Consideration thereof upon himselfe did assume and unto the afd John Rider then and there faithfully did promise that he the afd John Layton the same two pounds seven shillings and three pence money afd unto the same John Ride when thereof afterward he should be required well and faithfully would pay and Content Nevertheless the afd John Layton his promise and assumption afd so as it is said made nothing regard but minding and fraudulently Intending the same John Rider in this part Craftilly and subtilly to deceive and and defraud the afd two pounds Seven shillings and three pence or any part thereof unto the same John Rider hath not paid or in any sort Contented altho' to doe the same the afd John Layton afterwards to witt the Ninth day of may in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and twenty one at the County afd within the Jurisdiction afd by the afd John Rider was requested but that unto him hitherto to pay or in any Sort to Content altogether hath refused and still doth refuse to the damage of the said John Rider four pounds fourteen shillings and six pence money afd and thereupon he Bringeth Suite &.c Allen P Qrte Pledgs dept Jno Doe R Roe
86 And the said John Layton by George Dashiell his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.c and Prays Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it and the same day is Given to the plft also Att which said next Court to witt the Eighteenth ^day of June Ann Dom One thousand^ Comes againe as well the said plft as the said deft by their attorneys afd and the said defendent by his said attorney prays further Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it and the same day is Given to the plft also Att which said next Court Co to witt the twentieth day of August ann.o Dom one thousand seven hundred and twenty three Comes againe as well the said plft as the said deft by their attorneys afd and the said deft by his said attorney says that he Cannot Gainsay the plft his action afd so as afd against him brought nor Can he say but that the said plft Ought to recover his damages by occasion of the premises afd to the same One pound sixteen shillings and Nine pence Curr.t money and Costs of suite against him which the said plft does not Gainsay &.c Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here the same day and year Last mentioned that the said John Rider recover against the said John Layton as well the sume of One pounds sixteen shillings and nine pence Curr.t money afd Certain damages afd in form afd Confesed as also the sume of three hundred & (341) forty one pounds of tobacco by the Court here adjudged unto him for his Costs and Charges by him about his suite in this Behalfe Laid Out & Expended & the deft in mercy &.c
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