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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 206b   View pdf image
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               June Court       1732                206

JS  FA  William Holland
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LG  WB  John Riggin Jun.r
 Somerset County ss  John Riggin Jun Late of Somerset County
Planter was attached to answere unto William Holland of a plea
of trespass upon the Case &c
And Whereupon the Said William by James Shirley his attorney Complains
that whereas he the Said William is a good true and faithfull Subjent of our Lord
the king that now is and of good Name fame Conversation and Condition as well
amongst his Neighbours as other faithfull Subjects of the Said Lord the king now and
always was held and reputed and without any Crime of Perjury Disceitt of falsity
from the time of his Nativity hitherto unhurt untouched and unsuspected hath
behaved and Demeaned himself and Whereas also the Said William by Virtue
of a Comission from the Worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County Court to him
the Said William and a Certain Robert Nairne Jun James Nairne and John
Outen Directed bearing date the twenty fourth day of November Ann Dom
seventeen hundred and thirty to Examine Evidences on behalfe of a Certain Sam.l
Riggin ^in^ relation to the bounds of part of a tract of Land Lying in the County afd
Called Golden Lyon w.ch Said William Holland together with James Nairne and
John Outen were duly Qualified and Sworn and the Said W.m Holland together
with them did take the Depositions of the Severall Wittnesses Concerning the
bounds of the Said Land and the same reduced in writing and the same did
truly read to the Severall subscribing wittnesses and made returne of the same
to the Worshipfull the Justices of the said Court According to the Directions of the
Said Comission truly faithfully and honestly Nevertheless the aforesd John
Riggin being not Ignorant of the Premisses of this Mare and Wicked Malice
fore thought Plotting and Malitiously Intending the good Name and fame of
the Said William Holland to hurt Detract and make worse these false Infamious
Scandelous and approbrious words following Concerning him the Said William
Holland in the presence and hearing of Sundry faithfull and Leige Subjects
of our Lord the king the tenth day of March Ann Dom Seventeen hundred
and thirty at Somerset County afd within the Jur of this Court did falsely &
Malitiously Speak Publish Pronounce and rehearse Vizt the Commissioners
(the said William Holland and James Nairne and John Outen with him in
the Comission aforesd Joyned Meaning) have used me Very Barbarously (himself
the Said John Riggin Meaning) for they writt one thing and read
another and what the Evidence Swore (the Evidence by them Sworne meaning)
they Sett Down Quite the Contrarey (the Said William Holland and the other
Comissioners againe Meaning) by reason of the spaking of w.ch false and
                                                                                           scandelous


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