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June Court
1738
294 in his proper person Cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &.a and thereupon the said John Henry then & there his writt afd against the afd Wrixham did not prosecute with effect but Voluntarily suffered his suit to be discontinued &a Therefore it is Considered that the afd John Henry take nothing by his writt afd but be thereof in mercy for his false Clamour and that the afd Wrixham goe thereof without day &a
should safe keep so that they might have his body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at Dividing Creek in the same County the third Tuesday of June Ann Dom One thousand Seven hundred and thirty Eight to answer unto John Henry Gent high sheriffe of Somerset County of a plea that he render unto him Eight thousand pounds of good sound merchantable Leafe tobacco and Cask which to him he Oweth and Unjustly detaineth &.a and the same day is given to the afd John there &a Att which day here before his Lordships Justices at a Court then held at dividing Creek Cam in & for the County afd Came the afd John Henry by Robert Jenckins Henry his attorney and the Coroners of Somerset County to witt William Lane and Henry Ballard Gent now here returned that they had ready taken the afd Peter Stewart whose body here at this day they had ready to answer unto the afd John of the afd plea as to them it was Commanded Whereupon the afd Peter Stewart in his proper person Comes and defends the force & Injury when &a And thereupon the afd John then & there his writt afd against the afd Peter did not prosecute with Effect but Voluntarily Suffered his suit to be discontinued &.a Therefore it is Considered that the afd John Henry take nothing by his writt afd but be thereof in mercy for his false Clamour and that the afd Peter Stewart goe thereof without day &a
bailywick and them should safe keep so that he might have their bodys before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at dividing Creek in the same County the third Tuesday of June Ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and thirty Eight to answer unto John Russell of a plea of |
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