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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 135   View pdf image
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       June Court                                1741                                135

prayeth Leave thereof to Imparle hereuntill next Court to be held at dividing Creek the third Tuesday of June then
next following and he hath it and the Same day is given to the aforesaid John Henry here also &c

                            Att which day here Came againe the said John Henry by his attorney afd and prays that the
aforesaid Francis to his declaration aforesaid may answer and the aforesaid Francis Tate altho' Solemnly Called
Came not nor says nothing in barr or preclusion of the action aforesaid of the aforesaid John Henry by which
the same John Remains thereof against the aforesaid Francis undefended &a

            Therefore it is Considered that the aforesaid John Henry Recover against the afd
Francis Tate his debt aforesaid and his damages by Occasion of the detention of the same debt to
349                                                pounds of tobacco to the same John of his assent by the Court here
adjudged and the aforesaid Francis in mercy &a


RH  The Same
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WA  John Lecat
     Command was given to the Sheriffe of Sommerset County that he should Take John Lecat late
of Somerset County planter otherwise Called John Lecatt of Somerset County and province of maryland 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 dividing Creek the third Tuesday of November Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred
and forty to answer unto John Henry late sheriffe of a plea that he render unto him eight thousand pounds of good sound merchantable leaf tobacco
and Cask which to him he owes and unjustly detains &c and the same day is given to the af.d John here &c

                         Att which day here Came the af.d John Henry by Robert Jenckins Henry his Attorney and the sheriffe to witt John Handy Gent
now here returned that he had taken the af.d John Lecat whose body here at this day he had ready to answer the af.d John Henry of the af.d
plea as to him it was Commanded

                                  Whereupon the af.d John Lecatt puts in his place William Arbuckle Gent Attorney at Law against the af.d John Henry
of the af.d plea
                                  And thereupon at the request of the parties af.d day is to them now here given untill next Court to be held at dividing Creek
in and for the County af.d the third Tuesday of March then next Following in the same state as at present saving to the parties af.d &c
   
                         Att which day here Came again the parties af.d by their Attorneys af.d and hereupon the said John Henry declared against the
af.d John Lecat in the plea af.d in form Following            Somerset ss.t  John Lecat late of Somerset County planter otherwise Called John
Lecatt of Somerset County and province of Maryland was summoned to answer unto John Henry late sheriffe of a plea that he render
unto him Eight Thousand pounds of good sound merchantable leaf tobacco and Cask which to him he owes and unjustly detains &c

                And Whereupon the said John Henry by Robert Jenckins Henry his Attorney says that whereas the af.d John Lecatt the
twenty third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty at Somerset County af.d by his Certain writing obligatory
with the seal of him the said John Lecatt sealed and here into Court brought the date of which is the same day and year did acknowledge himself to be
held and firmly bound unto the said John Henry then sheriffe of the County af.d being by the name of Cap.t John Henry sher in the af.d
Eight Thousand pounds of good sound merchantable leaf tobacco and Cask to be paid to the said John Henry when thereof he should
be requested                                                                                                                                                                                 be


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