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March Court
1728
172 said five hundred and thirty one pounds of tobacco to the Said John when he should be thereunto afterwards required he would well and faithfully pay and Content Nevertheless the afd Robert his promise and assumption afd in form afd made nothing regarding but Plotting and fraudulently Intending the Said John in that part Craftilly and Subtilly to deceive and defraud the said five hundred and Ninty One pounds of tobacco to the Said John altho' the Same to do the same Robert on the afd thirteenth day of august in the Year afd and often afterwards at the County afd by the Said John he was thereunto Requested hath not paid or to him for the Same in any wise Contented hath not paid but the Same to him hitherto to pay or in any Sort to Content hath refused and still doth refuse and deny whereupon he saith he is worse and hath damage to the value of one thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he brings Suite &.c F Allen P Qur Pledgs &c Jno Do R Roe
Aprill the 10.th 1729 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the right honrble the Lord Proprietary for the County of Somersett the above Named John Kendall and made oath upon the holy Evangelist of Almighty God ^that the above acco.t^ is Just and true as appears by Sundry affidavitts now in his hands and that the above Named Robert Graham never gave his account Creditt for the Sums of tobacco above named and never by himselfe or any other paid the Said Kendall the above sum of five hundred and Ninty One pounds of tobacco and that the Said Sum is still due and unpaid to the said Kendall by the said Graham Jno Scott And the afd Robert Graham by Levin Gale 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 afd Plft here also &c Att which said next Court to Witt the Eighteenth day of March anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and twenty Eight Came again as well the aforesaid John Kendell as the aforesaid Robert Graham by their attorneys aforesaid and whereupon the said Robert Graham by his said attorney as before defends the force and Injury when &.a and Says that he Cannot Gainsay the action afd of the afd John Kendall nor can he say but that he did assume upon himselfe in manner and form as the afd John above ag.t him hath Complained and as to the damage of the same John by him by Occasion of the premisses besides in that part Sustained the Same Robert says and Confesseth that the afd John has Sustained Damage by Occasion of the premisses besides his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part Expended to five hundred & Ninety One pounds of tobo and because the afd John doth not Gainsay this but the Same alligation Confesseth to be true prays Judgmt and his damages above Confessed together with his Costs and Charges afd to him adjudged &.c Therefore by Consent of the parties afd it is Considered by the Court ^here^ that the afd John Kendall Recover against the afd Robert Graham his damages afd to the afd five hundred and ninety One pounds of tobacco by the same Robert in form afd Confessed as also two hundred & thirty Six |
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