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June Court
1741
124 Eleventh day of September Ann Dom MDCCXL at the County af.d Sundry Controversys had been stirred and moved between the said John Wildman of the one part and the said Archibald McNeal of the other part and whereas for the determination of the said Controversys as well the af.d John Wildman as the said Archibald McNeal did submit themselves to stand to the arbitrament of James Martin Gent an arbitrator between them indifferently elected and Chosen to settle all and every matter in dispute between them Concerning every matter or thing properly Chargeable by either party against the other in account and settle the Just ballance of accounts between the said partys the said John Wildman on Consideration that the said Archibald on the day and year af.d at the County af.d upon himself and assumed and promised to the sid John on the part of him the said Archibald to stand to such award and settlement as the said James should make in the premisses and pay to the said John such sum of money as the said James should award to be due to the said John from the said Archibald he the sid John upon himself did assume and to the said Archibald then and there faithfully promise on the part of him the sid John to stand to such award and settlement as the said James should make in the premisses and pay to the said Archibald such sum of money as the said James should award to be due to the said Archibald from the said John and the said Archibald in fact says that the said James having taken upon him the arbitrament of the premisses afterwards to witt on the day and year af.d at the County af.d did award that on settlement of accounts between the said partys the ballance of four pounds Eighteen shillings and one penny Curr.t money of Maryland was then due from the said John Wildman to the said Archibald McNeal of which award the said John afterwards to wit on the day and year af.d at the County af.d had notice and whereas the said John afterwards to wit on the day and year af.d at the County af.d did Account with the said Archibald of and Concerning Sundry sums of money by the said John to the said Archibald before that time due and unpaid and upon that Account was found in arrear to the said Archibald in the further sum of four pounds Eighteen shillings and one penny Currt money of Maryland and so being in arrears found on Consideration thereof afterwards to witt on the day and year af.d at the County af.d promised to pay the said last named sum of money to the said Archibald when he should be afterwards thereto required Nevertheless the said John his severall promisses and assumptions af.d in form af.d made not regarding but minding and fraudulently intending the said Archibald in that part Craftily and Subtilly to deceive and defraud the said four pounds Eighteen shillings and one penny by the said James Martin so as af.d awarded or the other four pounds Eighteen shillings and one penny in the last promise mentioned to the said Archibald hath not paid or him for the same in any sort Contented but that to doe hitherto hath denyed and still doth deny altho' thereto afterwards to wit on the day and year af.d at the County af.d and often since ^that^ time by the said Archibald required whereupon he says he is damnifyed ten pounds Curr.t money of Maryland and thereof he brings Suit &c Pledg.s &.c J: Doe R: Roe Whereupon at the prayer of the aforesaid Archibald McNeal the afd John Wildman is adjudged to give Special bail to the action aforesaid Thereupon Came hereinto Court a Certain Robert Givan Late of Sommerset County planter and undertook for the said John Wildman (Likewise the Same John Wildman present here in Court in his proper person assumed upon himself) that if it should happen that Judgment in the plea aforesaid should be Rendered for the same Archibald McNeal against the aforesaid John Wildman or that ^he^ the said John Wildman should be therein Convict that then he the same John Wildman should pay and Satisfie unto the said Archibald McNeal |
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