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Aug,.t Court
1732
240 and if the Said horse of the Said Benj Should then and there pass by the pole before the Said Horse of the Said Strawbridge that he the said Joshua Would well and faithfully Content and pay to the Said Benj the Quantity of two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco when he Should be afterwards thereto Required by the Said Benj and the aforesaid Benj in fact Saith that on the day and year last Mentioned the Said horse of him the Said Benj and the Said Strawbridge did Run together the Quarter of a Mile at the afd Race ground Near the Court house of the County aforesd that the Riders of both the horses aforesd did Ride the Weight of one hundred and forty pounds did start themselves and both whipt and that the Said horse of the Said Benj passed by the Pole before the Said horse of the afd Strawbridge Nevertheless the aforesd Joshua his promise and assumption aforesd in Manner and forme aforesd Made Little Regarding but Minding and fraudulently Intending the aforesd Benjamin in that part Craftilly and Subtilly to deceive and Defraud the aforesd Quantity of two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco to the aforesd Benj hath not paid altho the Same to pay afterwards to witt the Same day and Year afd at Somerset aforesd within the aforesd Jur the afd Joshua by the the Said Benj was Required but the same Quantity of two thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco to the Same Benj hitherto to pay hath altogether Refused and Still doth rufuse to the Damage of the Same Benj five thousand pounds of tobacco and thereof he brings Suit &c Jno Doe Pledges R Roe And the aforesaid Joshua by Francis Allen his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &c and prays Leave ^thereof^ to Imparle here untill next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the aforesaid Benjamin here also &c Att which said next Court to witt the twentieth day of June anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and thirty two Came againe as well the aforesaid Benjamin as the aforesaid Joshua by ^their attorneys afd and^ thereupon the Said Joshua prays further Leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court and he hath it and the Same day is Given to the aforesaid Benjamin here also &c Att which said next Court to witt the fifteenth day of August anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and thirty two Came againe as well the aforesaid Benjamin Holland as the aforesaid Joshua Caldwell by their attorneys aforesaid and where^upon^ the Said Joshua as before defends the force and Injury when &c and Says that he did not assume upon himselfe in manner |
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