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June Court
1723
76 And the said John Neasham in his own proper person Comes and defends the force and Injury when &c and prays Leave to Imparle here unto 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 seven hundred and twenty three Comes againe the said Robert Martin by his attorney afd and prays that the said John Neasham to his declaration in the plea afd may answer; but the the said John Neasham altho' solemnly Called Comes not but makes default whereby the said plft remains against the said defend.t thereof undefended &c for which the afd Plft his damages by occasion of the premisses afd against the said John Neasham ought to recover Whereupon ^at^ the Prayer of the same plft the Justices here according to act of assembly in such Cases made and Provided do assess the damages of the said of the said Plantiffe by occasion of the Premisses afd besides his Costs and Charges by him about his Sutie in this Part sustained to four hundred and Eighteen pounds of tobacco Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here the same day and year Last mentioned that the said Robert Martin Recover against the said John Neasham as well the sume of four hundred and Eighteen pounds of tobacco Certain damages afd in form afd assesed as (284) also the sume of Two hundred Eighty four 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 the Defent in Mercy &c
at the Parish and County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the said Robert in four hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco for Levies and forbearance thereupon to the said Robert then and there due Oweing and unpaid as by an acco.t thereof hereunto annexed may in Court appear and being so thereof Indebted the said Robert ^Daniell^ in Consideration thereof afterwards to witt the day and year afd at the place afd upon himselfe did assume and unto the said Robert then and there did faithfully Promise that he the said Daniell the afd four hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco to the said Robert when he should be afterwards thereunto requested he would well and faithfully pay and Content Never the less the said Daniell his promise and assumption afd in form afd made Little regarding but plotting and fraudulently Intending the said robert in that part Craftilly and Subtilly to deceive and defraud the afd four hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco to the said Robert hath not paid or to him for the same in any wise Contented altho' the same to doe the said Daniell by the said Robert on the first day of December in the year afd and often afterwards at the parish and County afd within the Jurisdiction afd he was thereunto requested but the same to him to pay or in any wise to Content hath refused and still doth refuse and deny whereupon the said Robert (saith) |
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