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June Court 1732
214 pounds of tobacco by the Same James in form aforesaid Confessed as also One hundred and Eighty Seven pounds of tobacco for his Costs and Charges aforesaid to the Same John at his request by the Court thereof ^and^ his assent of the parties afd adjudged with Stay of Execution till next Court and ye aforesaid deft in mercy &c
Honrble the Lord proprty here prsent here in Court in his own proper person of a plea of Debt the tenor of w.ch bill follows in these words to the Justices of the right Honrble the Lord propretary of the County Court here now held for the County of Somerset Somerset County ss John Stewart Jun by Francis Allen his Attorney Complains of James Shirley Gent one of the attorneys of the County Court of the Right honrble the Lord proprietary here present herein Court in his own proper person otherwise Called James ^Shirley^ of Somerset County and province afd Gent for that the aforesd James doth unjustly detain and hath not rendered to the Said John two thousand pounds March Tobacco in Cask w.ch to ^him^ he oweth for that whereas the afd James the tenth day of Septemb.r one thousand Seven hundred thirty and one at the County of Somerset afd within the Jur of this Court by his Certain Writing obligatory did acknowledge himself to be bound unto the Said John in the aforesd two thousand pounds of tobacco in Cask to be paid the Said John when he Should be there unto requested yet the Said James tho' often required the Said two thousand pounds of Tobacco in Cask to the Said John hath not rendered but the Same to him hither to to render hath Denied and Still doth deny and Unjustly Detaine to the Damage of the Said John fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco aforesd and thereupon he pray remedy and brings into Court here the writing afd which Debt aforesd in forme aforesd doth wittness whose date is the day and year afd &c And the afd James Shirly by Levin Gale his Attorney Comes and Defends the force and Injury when &c and prays Leave thereof to Imparle here untill the Next Court and he hath it and the Same day is given to the afd John here also &c Att which said Next Court to witt the twentieth day of June Ann Dom one thousand Seven hundred and thirty two Came againe as well the afd John Stewart as the afd James Shirley by there attorneys afd and the Said James Shirley says that the Justices of the Lord propretary hereto proceed in the Cause aforesd between him the Said John Stewart |
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