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March Court Anno Domini 1747
(373) In the said Note whenever he should be thereto afterwards required Nevertheless the said Richard Smith not Regarding his Promise and Assumption afs.d but Contriving and fraudulently Intending to defraud and deceive the said Thomas hath not Paid the said Sum of one Thousand Three Hundred and sixty four pounds of Tobacco nor any Part thereof altho the said Richard afterwards that is to say the Thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and forty six and often since at Charles County afs.d was by the said Thomas Connery thereto Required but the said Richard Smith hither to hath altogether and still doth Refuse to pay the same wherefore the said Thomas Connery saith he is the worse and hath Damage to the Value of Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Eight Pounds of Tobacco and therefore he brings suit and so forth John Doe Pled.s &C.a & Richd Roe And the said Richard Smith by Thomas Clark his attorney Comes and defends the force and Injury when &C.a and Prays leave to Imparle hereto until the Next Court to be holden at Charles Town on the second Tuesday in November and he hath it and the same day is given to the same Thomas here &Ca At which day to wit the second Tuesday in Nov.r afs.d Comes here as well the said Thomas as the siad Richard by their attorneys afs.d and the said Richard by his said attorney Prays further leave to Imparle hereto until the Next Court to be holden at Charles Town on the second Tuesday in March and he hath it and the same day is given to the same Thomas here &Ca And now here at this day to wit the Second Tuesday in March afs.d came as well the said Richard as the said Thomas by their Attorneys afs.d and the said Thomas by his attorney afs.d pray that the said Richard to his Declaration afs.d against him may answer and the said Richard by his attorney afs.d Comes and defends the force and Injury when &C.a and the same attorney says that he is not Informed of any answer to the said Thomas for the said Richard in the plea afs.d to be given and nothing other thereof does he say whereby the same Thomas Remains against the said Richard thereupon without Deference It is therefore Considered by the Court here that the s.d Thomas do Recover against the said Richard his Damages by occasion of the Premises to one Thousand Three Hundred and sixty four Pounds of Tobacco as also Pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in this part laid out and Expended to the said Thomas of his assent by the Def.t in mea Court here adjudged and the said Richard in Mercy &Ca
Charles County ss.t Richard Norwood late of Charles County Planter was attached to answer unto Thomas Midgley of a plea of Trespass upon the Case And whereupon the same Thomas by Jeremiah Chase his attorney Complains that whereas the said Richard on the Third day of April In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty five at Charles County afs.d was Indebted to the s.d Thomas in the Sum of Thirteen Hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds of Tobacco for divers articles lying Properly in an account as by the Particular Account thereof herewth into Court brought may appear and being so thereof Indebted in Consideration thereof afterwards to wit the Day and year afs.d at the County afs.d upon himself Assumed and to the said Thomas then and there faithfully Promised that he the afs.d Richard the said sum of Thirteen Hundred and Seventy Eight Pounds of Tobacco to the said Thomas when thereunto afterwards he should be Requested well and truly would Content and (Pay) |
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