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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 247   View pdf image
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    March Court                      1741                        247

thereupon James Anderson Garnishe as aforesaid appears and Imparles &.c untill June Court then next following


FA  John Atkinson
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Pse  Mathias Nicholson
 Command was given to the Sheriffe of Sommerset County that he Should Take
        Mathias Nicholas Late of Sommerset County planter al.s dict.s Mathias Nicholson
whellwright of Somerset in the 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 Sommerset to be held at dividing Creek the third Tuesday of March Ann Dom One thousand
Seven hundred and forty One to answer unto John Atkinson of a plea that he Render unto him One
Thousand and ninety two pounds of good pork neatly Cleared at Snow Hill which from him he unjustly
detaines &c and the same day is given to the aforesaid John here &c

                   And hereupon the said John declared against the afd Mathias in the plea aforesaid in form
following viz.t   Sommerset ss  Mathias Nicholls Late of Sommerset County planter al.s dict.s Mathias
Nicholson whellwright of Sumersett in the province of Maryland was Summoned to answer unto John
Atkinson of a plea that he Render unto him One thousand and ninety Two pounds of good pork neatly
Cleaned at snow hill which from him he unjustly detains &c

          And Whereupon the sid John by Francis Allen his Attorney saith that whereas the said Mathias
the sixth day of May Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and forty one at the County of Somerset af.d
within the Jur of this Court by his Certain writing obligatory with which the said John with the seal of the said
Mathias signed hereinto Court brings the date whereof is the same day and year did Acknowledged himself to be bound
unto the said John in the af.d one thousand and ninety two pounds of good pork neatly Cleaned to be paid unto the said
John when he should be thereunto required yett the said Mathias tho' often required the said one thousand and ninety
two pounds of pork neatly Cleaned to the said John hath not rendred but the same to him hitherto to render hath denyed
and still doth deny and unjustly detain  Whereupon he saith he is worse and hath damage to the value of tenn pounds
Curr.t money of maryland and thereof he brings suit &c                                                Pledg.s &.c J Doe & R Roe

                A Copy of the foregoing declaration was made and sent to be served on the defendant in order for a speedy tryall
          Att which day here Came the af.d John Atkinson by his Attorney af.d and the sheriffe to witt John Handy Gent
now here returned that he had taken the af.d Matias Nicholson whose body here at this day he had ready to answer the
af.d John Atkinson of the af.d plea as to him it was Commanded and further the said sheriffe returned that he had served
the af.d Mathias Nicholson with a Copy of the foregoing declaration according to Act of Assembly in such Case provided &.c

                   And the af.d Mathias Nicholson in his proper person Cometh and defendeth the force and Injury when &c
and saith that he Cannot deny the action af.d of the af.d John Atkinson nor but that the writing obligatory af.d is the
Dee of ^him^ the same Mathias Nicholson nor but that he owes ^the same^ John Atkinson the af.d one thousand and ninety two
                                                                                                                                                                   pounds


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