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November Court
1731 138 Granted himself to be held and firmly bound unto the aforesaid John ^in the afd sum of twenty^ one pounds and four pence Currant to be paid to the said John when afterwards he should be thereto Required yet the aforesaid Walter altho often thereto Required the aforesaid twenty one pounds and four pence Current unto the same John hath not Rendred but the same Walter the same to render hath Denyed and Still doth deny and unjustly detain whereby the same John says he is worse and hath Damage to the Value of twenty pounds Currant and thereof he brings this Suit &.c and the said John brings hereinto Court the Writing obligatory afd is such &.c Beckingham P Quer pledges &.c Jno Do R Roe and the aforesaid Walter Jacobs by Levin Gale his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &.c and Sayth that he Cannot Gainsay the action aforesaid of the aforesd John nor Can he say but that the Writing obligatory aforesaid is the deed of the same Walter ^nor^ but that he owes the same John the aforesaid twenty one pounds and four pence Currant money in manner and form as the aforesaid John above against him hath Declared Therefore it is Considered that the aforesd John Rider Recover against the aforesd Walter Jacobs his Debt aforesd and his Damages by occasion of the detaining of the Same debt to two hundred & Eighty Eight pounds of tobacco to the same John of his assent by the Court here adjudged and the afd deft in mercy &.c
and Singular the goods and Chattels of the said Archibald Smith dec.d of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.c And whereupon the said Robert by Francis Allen his attorney Complains that whereas the said William the tenth day of June Seventeen hundred and twenty seven at somerset County aforesaid Within the Jurisdiction of this Court was Indebted unto the said Archibald in two pounds five Shillings Curr.t mony of maryland as by account hereunto anexed may in Court appear and being so thereof Indebted the said William in Consideration thereof the day and year aforesd at the place aforesaid within the Jurisdiction aforesd upon himselfe did assume unto the said Archibald then and there did faithfully Promise |
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