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August Court 1731
116 day of the same month in the Year aforesd and Within the County and Jur aforesd to his own proper use did Convert and Dispose to the Damage of him the said William twenty Pounds Currant money of Maryland aforesd and thereof he brings Suit &.a James Shirley P Quer pledges &c Jno Doe Richd Roe And the aforesaid Solomon Townsend by Francis Allen his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &a and prayes Leave thereof to Imparle here untill the next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the aforesaid William here also &c Att which Said next Court to witt the fifteenth day of June Ann Dom One thousand Seven hundred and thirty One Came againe as well the aforesaid William Holston as the aforesaid Solomon Townsend by their attorneys aforesaid and whereupon the Said Solomon prays further Leave to Imparle here untill the next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the aforesaid plft here also Att which said next Court to witt the Seventeenth day of August One thousand Seven hundred and thirty one Came again as well the afd William Holston as the aforesaid Solomon Townsend by their attorneys aforesaid and the said Solomon by his Said Attorney as before defends the force and Injury when &a and Saith that he of the premises aforesaid upon him above Imposed is not Guilty in manner and form as the Said William above against him hath Complained and of this he putts himselfe upon the Country &.c and the aforesaid William in Like manner Thereupon Command is Given to the Sher of Somerset County that Immediately he Cause to Come here twelve &.c by whom &.c who neither &.c to recognize &.c because as well &.c of which Said preceipt the Said Sher to witt Joshua Caldwell ^Gent^ now hereat this day to witt the Same day and Year last mentioned Comes and makes Return that he hath here ready twelve &.c as by his Said preceipt he was Commanded and now hereafterwards to witt the Same day and Year Came as well the afd plfs as ^the afd^ deft by their attorneys aforesaid and the Jurors of that Jury therein Impannelled being Called Came to witt Edmond Hough Joseph Schofeild Thomas Hearn John Pitts, William Broughton, William Smith, Robert Hall Hutton Hill, John White Wm Porter John Scarbrough and Samuel Hopkins Jun.r who being duely elected tryed and Sworn to Say the truth in the premises upon their oath doe Say that the afd Solomon is Guilty of the premisses as the afd William above against him hath Complained and assesed the damages of the Same William by Occasion of the premisses beyound his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part apposed to nine pounds Curr.t mony and for those Costs & Charges to One pound of tobacco Therefore it is Considered that the afd William Holston Recover against the aforesaid Solomon Townsend 950 his damages afd by the Jurors afd ^in form^ assesed as also Nine hundred and fifty pounds of tobo for his Costs and Charges afd to the Same William by the Court hereof his assent of Increase adjudged which Certain damages in the whole do amount to Nine pounds Curr.t money and Nine hundred & fifty pounds of tobacco and the afd deft in Mercy
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