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June Court
1735
54 of the promise and assumption aforesaid It is Commanded the Sheriff of Somerset County that by the oath of Honest and lawfull men of his bailywick or County he diligently Inquire what damages the aforesaid Joshua hath sustained as well by Occasion of the non performance of the promisse and assumption af.d as for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in that part Apposed and the Inquision which thereupon he takes he make appear to the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at dividing Creek the third Tuesday of August Next under his seal and the seals of them by whose oath he takes the same Inquisition he send together with the writt thereof to him directed and the same day is given to the aforesaid Joshua herealso &.a
the Justices of his Lordship's County Court of Somerset to be held at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of June then next to answer unto John Bishop Junr of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.c And that thereof he should not fail &c Att which said third tuesday of June to witt the seventeenth day of the same month Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and thirty five being the day of the return of the said writt Cometh the said John Bishop by Francis Allen his attorney and the Sheriff of Somerset County to whom the foregoing writt was directed Likewise Cometh and maketh return thereof to the Court here Endorsed in these words following Viz.t Cepi Corpus p Joseph MaClester Sher Whereupon the said William Holland Jun.r in his Own proper person Cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &.a and saith that he Cannot gainsay the action aforesaid ^of the afd^ John Bishop nor Can he say but that he did assume upon himselfe in manner and form as the afd John Bishop above against him above against him hath Complained and as to the damage of the same John hopkins by occasion of the premisses in that part Sustained the same William saith and Confesseth that the afd John hath Sustained damages by occasion of the premisses beyond his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in that part apposed to three pounds tenn Shillings Currt money of Maryland and not more and Because the afd John denys not this but the Same allegation Confesseth |
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