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March Court
1726
240 Seven hundred & twenty Six at Somrsett County within ye Jur of this Court was Indebted to ye afd Jos in the sum of Nineteen hundred pds of Tob.o as by acc.t here with in Court produced may appear & so thereof being Indebted ye said Anthony in Consideration thereof afterwards to witt ye Same day & year afd at ye Co.ty afd & within ye afd Jno upon himselfe assumed & to ye Same Joseph then & there faithfully promissed yt he when afterwards he shou'd be thereunto requested he ye afd Sum of Nineteeen hundred pd.s of Tob.o to ye Same Jos; he wou'd well & faithfully Content & pay Nevertheless ye sd Anthony his promisse & assumption afd in forme afd made Little regarding & plotting & fraudulently Intending ye same Jos: in this part Craftilly & Subtilly to defraud & deceive he the afd Sum of Nineteen hundred pd.s of Tob.o or any part thereof to the Same ^Joseph^ (although afterwards to witt the same day & year afd at ye County afd & within ye afd Jur he was thereto requested) hath not paid or him for it in anywis Contented but ye same Anthony the same hitherto to doe hath altogether refused & still doth refuse & hereby the same Joseph says he is the worse hath Dam to ye value of four thousand pd.s of Tob.o & thereof he Brings this Suite &a L Gale P Quer pledges &.a Jno Doe Richd Roe
A Copy of the foregoing Decl.n & acc.t were made & sent to be served on ye afd Anthony West with ye Writt in ye plea afd &a Att which said third tuesday of March the Next to witt ye twenty first day of ye Same Month anno Dom one thousand Seven hundred & twenty Six being the day of the return of the said Writt Cometh the afd Jos MaClester by his attry afd & the sher of Somrsett County to whome ye foregoing writt was Directed Likewise Cometh & Maketh return thereof to the Court here endorsed in these words following vizt Cepi Corpus decln Delivered in time p me Fran Allen Sher And ye said Anthony West being Present here in Court is at ye prayer of the Plfts attry afd adjudged to give Speciall Bail to ye action afd thereupon a Certain Jn.o Phillips (and) |
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