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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 251b   View pdf image
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           November Court   1724            251
 and prayeth Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the next Court and he hath it & the same day is given to the
plft also
                                  Att which said next Court to witt the Eighteenth day of August ann Dom One thousand seven
hundred and twenty four Came againe as well the said plft by his attorney afd as the said deft in his own proper
person and the said deft prays further Leave to Imparle hereunto untill the Next Court and he hath it & ye
same day is given to the plft also
                  Att which said Next Court to witt the seventeenth day of November ann Dom one thousand seven hundred
and twenty four Came againe as well the said Jeffr'y Flowers by his attorney afd as the said Thomas Layfeild in
his Own proper person and thereupon the said deft saith 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
Premisses afd to six pounds Curr.t mony of vergenia and Costs of Suite against him which the said plft doth
not Gain Say &c
                                  Therefore it is Considered by the Court here the same day and year Last Mentioned
that the afd Jeffr'y Flowers Recover against the afd Thomas Layfield as well the sum of six pound Curr.t money
(309)   of vergenia his damages afd in form afd Confessed as also the sum of three hundred and Nine
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 and Expended and ye Deft in Mercy &c


FA:  His Lordship & Richard Hickman
                             agt
        Sturges Dickson
 Sommersett County fs        Sturges Dixon of allhollows
parish in Somersett County planter was Sumoned to answer unto the
Right honourable the Lord proprietary of this province that Now is and
                                              Richard Hickman who as well for the said Lord proprietary as for himselfe in that
       Part followes of a plea that he render unto the said Lord proprietary and the said Richard Hickman
       fifteen thousand pounds of tobacco which to ye said Lord proprietary and the said Richard Hickman he
       oweth and unjustly detaineth &c                      And whereupon the said Richard Hickman who as well
       for ye right honourable the Lord proprietary of this province as for himselfe in that part follows by Francis
       Allen his attorney saith that whereas in an act of assembly of this province made and past at a sessions of
       assembly begun and held at the City of annapolis the twenty sixth day of Aprill in the first year of the
       Reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the grace of God of Great Brittaine France and Ireland King
       defender of the faith &c ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and fifteen it was Enacted by the King's
       most Excellent Majesty that now is by and with the advice and Consent of his said Majesties Governour &
       Councell and assembly of the said province and ye authority of the same that any person or persons
       whatsoever that should wittingly or Willingly Entertain any Servant or Slave unlawfully absenting him
       her or themselves from him her or their Master Mistress dame or Overseer should be fined five hundred
       pounds of tobacco for Every Night or twenty four hours that such person or persons should
       give Entertainm.t as afd ye one halfe to his said Majesty his heirs and Successors for ye Support
                                                                                                                                                 (of)


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