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March Court
1737
214 Somerset County planter if he should 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 deviding Creek in the same County third tuesday of March Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven to answer unto John Caldwell of a plea of trespass upon the case &.a And hereupon the said John Caldwell declared against the said William Gray in the plea af.d in form following vizt Somerset County sst William Gray late of Nanticoke in the County of Somerset planter was attached to answer unto John Caldwell of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.a And Whereupon the said John by Robert Jenckins Henry his attorney complains that whereas the af.d William after the first day of may seventeen hundred and five (to witt the twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty and five at Somerset County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court made his certain note in writing commonly called a promissary note with his proper hand thereunto subscribed bearing date the same day and year last above mentioned which said note the same William to the af.d John then and there did deliver and by the same note did oblidge himself to pay unto the af.d John (by the name of John Caldwell) the sum of six pounds in paper money by the tenth day of November next ensuing the date of the same Note by reason of which said premisses and also by vertue of the statute in such case lately thereof made and provided the same William became chargeable to pay to the said John the af.d sum of six pounds at the same time therein prefixed according to the tenor of the said note he would well and faithfull pay and Content Nevertheless the af.d William his promise and assumption af.d in form af.d made little regarding but evilly and fraudulently intending the |
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