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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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May 30 
June 22
1729 
James Rowland 
To Sum totall brought over
To 1 pair mens shoes
To 7½ y.ds Irish Linnen @ 2/6 P y.d
To Mr James Govans for Com.t and Releasment and imprisonment as on y.r acc.t 60 tobacco P
To M.r Tho.s Williams for Com.s and imprisonment on y.r acco.t 50ll Tobacco 10/ P
To M.r Jos Young sher of Kent County for Comt & releasm.t of you and your wife and
Eight days Imprisont of you fees 20ll p day Each 400ll Tobaco to the taker up of you and your
wife as runaways 200.ll Tobacco Each     400       400    @  12/6  P Ct
To paid Sam.ll Harvill for Bringing you and your wife from Kent County prison to
Annapolis
                                              Errors Excepted P me     Rob.t Gordon
          D.r
£  10..6..8
      0..7..0
    0..18..9
      0..6..0
      0..5..0
 
      5..0..0
 
 
      0..9..0
£17..12..5

                     On the back side of the foregoing account it was thus Endorsed vizt

Maryland ss      July 4.th 1730      Then came the within named Robert Gordon before me the subscriber
One of his Lordships Justices of the provinciall Court and made Oath on the holy Evangelist of
Almighty God that the within acco.t is Just and true and that he (to the best of his Knowledge) hath
not directly or indirectly received any part ^or parcell^ thereof or any Security or Satisfaction for the Same
                                                                                     Sworn to before me   Benj.a Tasker

A Copy of the foregoeing declaration and account were made and Sent to be Served on the defend.t in Custody
as aforesaid         Att which said next Court to witt the seventeenth day of November anno Dom One thousand seven hundred
and thirty Came againe as well the aforesaid Robert Gordon by his attorney aforesaid as the said James Rowland in
his proper person in Custody as aforesaid and thereupon the sher of Somerset County to witt John Purnall Gent ^and [illegible] to ye pt yt he^ had
delivered to the aforesaid James Rowland in Custody as aforesaid the afd Copy of the aforesaid declaration & account afd
according to Law in Such Case made and provided               thereupon the aforesaid Robert Gordon by his attorney
aforesaid prays that the aforesaid James Rowland in Custody as aforesaid to his declaration aforesaid may
Answer   whereupon ^and^ the aforesaid James Rowland in Custody as aforesaid hath day untill the third day of this term to him
given by the Court here to answer &.c   And the Same James Rowland in Custody as aforesaid at the same day ^being^ Solemnly
called Cometh not but nor says nothing in barr or preclusion of the action aforesaid of the aforesaid Robert Gordon
by which the same Robert remaineth against the aforesaid James Rowland in custody as aforesaid thereof undefended &.c

                Wherefore the aforesaid Robert his damages by Occasion of the non performance of the promise &
assumption aforesaid against the aforesaid James Ought to Recover &.c  Whereupon At the prayer of the aforesaid
Robert and by the Consent of the Same Robert the Justices here according to act of assembly in Such Case
made and provided assessed the damages of the Same Robert by Occasion of the nonperformnce of the promise
and assumption aforesaid beyound his Costs and charges by ^him^ that part about his Suit in that part apposed
to seventeen pounds twelve Shillings and five pence Currant mony &c

             Therefore it is Considered that the aforesaid Robert Gordon Recover against the aforesaid James Rowland
in Custody as aforesaid seventeen pounds twelve Shillings and five pence Currant mony his damages afd
by the Justices aforesaid in form aforesaid assessed as also four hundred & twenty four
pounds of tobacco for his Costs and Charges to the Same Robert of his assent by the Court here adjudged & the aforesaid
James in Mercy &c         And afterwards [illegible]
[illegible] Cometh herein^to^ Court the afd James Rowland in Custody as aforesaid in his proper person and thereupon the said
James Rowland at the prayer of the afd Robert Gordon ^his attry afd^ is Committed into ye Custody of the Sher of Somerset County
thereto remain untill ye said Robert Gordon of his damages & Costs afd should be fully satisfied thereupon the afd
sher to witt Jno Purnall Gent being present ^herein Court^ took Charge of ye Said James Rowland accordingly &c


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