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June Court
1737
70 And Whereupon the said John by Geo Douglas his attrny says that whereas the said William on the first day of march Anno Dom MDCXXXVI at the County af.d by his certain writing obligatory which the af.d John sealed with the seals of the said W.m hereinto Court brings whose date is the day and year af.d did acknowledge himself to be held and firmly bound unto the said John in the sum of fifty and five pounds Curr.t money of Maryland and five thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid to the said John Dennis his heirs Ex.rs adm.rs or assignes when he should be afterwards thereto required Nevertheless the said William the said fifty five pounds Curr.t money af.d and five thousand pounds of tobacco to the said John hitherto hath not rendred but the same to him to render hitherto hath denyed and still doth deny and unjustly detain altho thereto afterwards to witt on the twenty ninth day of March Anno Dom MDCCXXXXVij at the County af.d and often since that time by the said John Dennis is required whereupon the said John says he is damnifyed sixty pounds Curr.t money of Maryland and six thousand pounds of tobacco and thereof he brings suit &c Pledges &.c Jno Doe & R Roe And the aforesaid WIlliam Bowen by Robert Jenckins Henry his attorney Cometh & defendeth the force and Injury when &.c and saith that he Cannot deny the action afd of the afd John Dennis Jun.r nor but that the writing obligatory afd is the deed of the Same William Bowen nor but that he oweth the Same John Dennis the afd fifty five pounds Curr.t Money of Maryland and five thousand pounds of tobacco in manner & form as the afd John above against him hath Complained declared Therefore it is Considered that the afd John Dennis Jun.r Recover against the afd William Bowen his debt afd and his damages Sustained by Occasion of the detaining of the Same debt to three hundred and One pounds of tobacco to the Same John Dennis Jun.r of his assent by the Court here adjudged & the afd deft in Mercy &c
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