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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
Volume 846, Page 142b   View pdf image
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                  March Court            1733         142

FA  Nathaniel Brittingham
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GD  Dennis Cordogan
Command was given to the Sher of Somerset County that he should take Dennis
Cordogan Late of Somerset County Bricklayer if he shall be found in his bailywick
and him should safe keep so that he might have his body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset
to be held at dividing Creek in the County afd the third tuesday of March then next to answer unto Nathaniel
Brittingham of a plea of trespass upon the Case &a and that thereof he should not fail &a

          Att which said third tuesday of march to witt the ninteenth day of the same month Anno Dom One thousand
seven hundred and thirty three being the day of the return of the said Writt Cometh the said Nathaniel Brittingham
by Francis Allen his attorney and the sherriffe of Somerset County to whom the foregoing writt was directed  Likewise
Comes and makes return thereof to the Court here Endorsed in these words following vizt  Cepi Corpus p Joshua Caldwell sher

          the said Dennis Cordogan being Called appears and thereupon the said Dennis Cordogan at the prayer of
the said Nathaniel Brittingham by his attorney afd is adjudged to give Speciall bail to the action afd but for
want thereof the said Dennis Cordogan is Committed into the Custody of the sherriff of Somerset County thereto
remain &a the Said Sherriff to witt Joshua Caldwell Gent present herein Court took Charge of the said Dennis
Cordogan accordingly &a    Afterwards in the Same Court Came a Certain George Douglas of Somerset County Gent in
his proper person and undertook for the said Dennis Cordogan and assumed upon himselfe that if in Case the
said Nathaniel Brittingham should recover Judgn.t in the plea afd against the said Dennis Cordogan or that
the said Dennis Cordogan should be therein Convict that then he the said Dennis Cordogan shall pay the Condemnation
of the Court thereupon or render his body to the Custody of the sher of Somerset County in satisfaction thereof
or that he the said George Douglas will do the same for him &a

          Whereupon the said Dennis Cordogan by George Douglas his attorney Comes and defends the force and
Injury when &a and Says that he Cannot Gainsay the action afd of the afd Nathaniel Brittingham nor
Can he Say but that the said Dennis Cordogan did assume upon himselfe in Such manner and form as the
afd Nathaniel Brittingham above against him hath Complained and as to the damage of the same Nathaniel
by him by Occasion of the premisses in that part Sustained the Same Dennis saith and Confesseth that
the afd Nathaniel has Sustained damages by Occasion of the premisses further than his Costs and
Charges by him about his Suit in that part apposed to three pounds Eight shillings and Eleven pence
Currant money of maryland and not more and because the afd Nathaniel denys not this but the same
allegation Confesseth to be true prays Judgment for those damages above Confessed together with those Costs &
Charges afd to him to be adjudged &a
                                                                Therefore by Consent of the parties afd it is Considered that the
afd Nathaniel Brittingham recover against the afd Dennis Cordogan his damages afd to three pounds
Eight Shillings and Eleven pence Currant money of Maryland in form afd Confessed as also Two hundred
268   & Sixty Eight                        pounds of tobacco for his Costs and Charges afd to the same Nathaniel by
the Court here and Consent of the parties afd adjudged and the afd defend.t in mercy &a    Afterwards the
                                                                                                                                                       same


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