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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 46   View pdf image
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               November Court            1740            46

affirmation af.d was then and there falsly and fraudulently deceived  Whereupon the same Giles says he is damnified
and Damage hath to the Value of forty pounds Curr.t money of Maryland and thereof he brings suit &c
                                                                                                                                          Pledg &c Jn.o Doe & R Roe

                      And the aforesaid James Peterkin and Elizabeth his wife by George Douglas their attorney
Come and defend the force and Injury when &.a and pray Leave thereof to Imparle hereuntill next Court to be held
at dividing Creek in and for the County afd the third Tuesday of November then next following and they have it and
the same day is given to the aforesaid Giles here also &c

                      Att which day here Came againe as well the aforesaid Giles Bashaw as the afd James Peterkin and
Elizabeth his wife by their attorneys aforesaid  And Whereupon the said James and Eliz.a as before defend the
force and Injury when &c
                                        And the said James and Elizabeth by Geo Douglas their attorney Come and defend the force and
Injury when &c and say that the said Elizabeth is not guilty of the premisses above by the said Giles upon her imposed
in manner and form as the said Giles above against them hath Complained and of this they put themselves on the Country
and the same Giles in like manner      And the said James and Elizabeth by leave of the Court here and according to the
forme of the statute in that case lately made and provided protesting that the said Elizabeth is in no Sort Guilty of the
premisses above by the said Giles upon her imposed for plea they say that the said Elizabeth did Warrant the Negro in the
declaration mentioned to be eight years old only and sound and free from any distemper as the said Giles in Declaration
against them Complains and of this they puts themselves on the Country   And the same Giles in like Manner

                Therefore as to the trying as well the first Issue as the aforesaid Other Issue above Joyned
it is Commanded the Sheriffe that Immediately he Caus to Come here before his Lordships Justices Twelve &.a
by whom &a and who neither &a to Recognize &a because as well &a  And the said Giles altho' Solemnly
Called Came not nor is his writt aforesaid against the aforesaid James Peterkin and Elizabeth his wife further
prosecuted
                                        Therefore it is Considered that the aforesaid Giles Bashaw and his pledges of
Prosecuting to witt John Doe and Richard Roe are in Mercy and that the afd James Peterkin and Eliz.a
his wife are thereof without day &a  Also it is Considered that the afd James Peterkin and Elizabeth Recover
370   against the afd Giles Bashaw                                                         pounds of tobacco for their Costs
and Charges by them about their defence in that part sustained to the same James and Eliz.a by the Court now here by
his assent according to the form of the Statute in such Case Lately made and provided adjudged and that the afd James and
Eliz.a have thereof Execution &c


GD  RH  Duncan Murray
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FA    Abraham Smith
           Command was given to the sheriffe of Somerset County that he
should take Abraham Smith 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


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