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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 204b   View pdf image
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                 November Court                                   1741                         204

Claywell by their Attorneys af.d and whereupon the af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywells as before defends the force and Injury
when &c   And say that they are not nor either of them is Guilty of the premisses above upon them Imposed as the af.d Ambross Willet
and Ruth his wife above against them have Complained and of this they put themselves upon the Country and the af.d Ambross and Ruth
in like manner
                               Therefore it is Commanded the sheriffe of Somerset County that he should Cause to Come ^here^ before the Justices
of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at dividing Creek the third Tuesday of November then next Following twelve &c
by whom &c and who nither &c to recognize &c because as well &c  And the same day is given to the af.d parties here &c

                      Att which day here Came again the af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywells by their Attorneys af.d but the same Ambrose
and Ruth his wife altho' Solemnly Called Cometh not nor is their writt af.d against the af.d Peter and Shadrach further prosecuted

                         Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the af.d Ambrose Willett and Ruth his wife take nothing by
their writt af.d but that they and their pledges of prosecuting to witt John Doe and Richard Roe are in mercy and that the
af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywell goe thereof without day and also it is Considered that the af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywells
200   recover against the af.d Ambrose Willett and Ruth his wife
pounds of tobacco for their Costs and Charges by them about their defence in that part Sustained by the Court now here adjudged
according to the form of the statute in such Case thereof lately made and provided and the same Peter and Shadrach have thereof
Execution &c


GD  William Brereton
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WA  Absolum Hobbs
     Command was given to the sheriffe of Somerset County that he should take Absolum Hobbs late of
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 dividing Creek the third Tuesday of June
Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and forty to answer unto William Brereton of a plea of trespass upon the Case &c  And
the same day is given to the af.d William here &c

                         Att which day here Came the af.d William Brereton by George Douglas his Attorney and the sheriffe to witt John
Handy Gent now here returned that he had taken the af.d Absolum Hobbs whose body here at this day he had ready to Answer
the af.d William Brereton of the af.d plea as to him it was Commanded

          And hereupon the said William Brereton Complained of the af.d Absolum Hobbs in the plea af.d in form Following
Sommerset ss   Absolum Hobbs late of Somerset County planter was attached to Answer unto William Brereton of a plea of
trespass upon the Case &c

                                     And Whereupon the said William by George Douglas his Attorney Complains that whereas the
said Absolum Hobbs on the twentyeth day of March Anno Dom MDCCXXXIX at the County af.d was Indebted to
the said William in the Sum of Seven pounds Eighteen Shillings and four pence Currt money of Maryland for Sundry
                                                                                                                                                       matters


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