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Aprill Court 1723
(28) Whereupon the said William Kanes in his Own Proper Person Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.c and 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 by Occasion of the Premisses afd to Eight hundred and seventy Pounds of tobo and Costs of suite against him which ye said Plft does not gainsay Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here the thirtieth day of Aprill Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty three that the said Robert Martin Recover against the said William Kanes ^as well^ the Sum of Eight hundred and seventy Pounds of tobo his damages afd in form afd Confesed as also the Sum of Two hundred & Twenty (229) Nine pounds of tobo 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 the Deft in Mercy &.c
held at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of March then next to answer unto Robert Martin of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.c and that thereof he should not fail &.c Att which said third tuesday of march to witt the Nineteenth day of the same month Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty two Being the day of the return of the said Writt Comes the said Robert Martin by francis Allen his attorney and the sherr of Sommersett County to whom the foregoeing writt was directed Likewise Comes and makes return thereof to the Court here Endorst in these words vizt Cepi P me Joseph MccChester Sher thereupon the said George furnace being Called appears and thereupon the said George furnace At the prayer of ye Plfts attorney afd is adjudged to give Speciall Bail to the act afd but for want thereof the said George furnace is Committed into the Custody of the Sherr of Sommersett County there to remain &.c the said sherr being Present here in Court took Charge of the said George furnace accordingly thereupon the said George furnace in Custody as afd by George Dashiell attorney Comes & Prays that he may in favour of Liberty he may have a tryall in Custody which is granted him & d the Whereupon the said Robert Martin Proceeded against the said George Furnace in Custody as afd in the Plea afd as follows vizt Sommersett County st George furnace late of allhollows Parish in the County of Sommersett Taylor was attached to answer unto Robert Martin of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.c And whereupon the said Robert Martin by the P by francis Allen his attorney Complains against that whereas the afd George the thirtieth day of November in the Year of Our Lord God One thousand seven hundred and twenty one at the afd Parish and County and within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the afd Robert in the sum of twenty four pounds six shillings and one halfe Penny Lawfull mony of America and seven hundred and twenty seventy pounds of tobacco as by an accot (thereof) |
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