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March Court Anno Domini 1747
(381) It was Commanded the sheriff that he should take Thomas Green late of Charles County Planter otherwise called Thomas Green of Charles County Planter if &Ca and him safe Keep so that he should have his body before the Justices of our Next County Court to be holden at Charles Town on the second Tuesday in March Next to satisfy unto Mess.rs Stephenson and Steel as well the sum of Seventeen Hundred and Twenty Eight Pounds of Tobacco a Certain Debt which the same Mess.rs Stephenson & Steel in the Court of the said Lord Proprietary before the Justices of Charles County afs.d Recovered against the s.d Thomas Green as also Two Hundred and Eighteen Pounds of Tobacco which to the same Mess.rs Stephenson and Steel by Discretion of our Justices afs.d of their assent were adjudged for their Damages which they had by occasion of detaining that debt whereof the said Thomas Green is Convict &C.a and that he should have then & there that Writt &Ca And now here at this day to wit the Second Tuesday in March afs.d the Sheriff afs.d Returns to the Court here the writt afs.d thus Indorsed Viz.t Cepi Corpus Tho.s Hungerford she And the Sheriff afs.d altho' Solemnly Called brings not in the Body of the said Thomas Green but makes default It was Commanded the sheriff that he should take Barton Hungerford Senior late of Charles County Planter if &C.a and him safe Keep so that he should have his body before the Justices of the Lord Proprietary of his Next County Court to be holden at Charles Town on the second Tuesday in March Next to satisfy unto Daniel Stephenson as well the Sum of Fourteen Hundred Eighty seven Pounds of Tobacco and one Third of a Pound which to the said Daniel Stephenson in the Court of the said Lord Proprietary before our Justices at Charles County afs.d was adjudged for his Damages which he had by occasion of a Certain Promise and Assumption to the said Daniel at Charles County afs.d made and unperformed as also Two Hundred and Twenty four Pounds of Tobacco which to the same Daniel of his assent was adjudged for his Costs and Charges about his suit in this part laid out and Expended by occasion of a Certain Promise and Assumption to the said Daniel by the said Barton whereof the said Barton is Convict &Ca [illegible] and that he should have then and there that writt &Ca And now here at this day to wit the second Tuesday in March afs.d the sheriff afs.d Returns to the Court here the writt afs.d thus Indorsed Viz.t Cepi Corpus Tho.s Hungerford she And the sheriff afs.d altho' solemnly Called brings not in the Body of ^the s.d^ Barton Hungerford but makes default It was Commanded the sheriff that he should take John Penn late of Charles County Planter otherwise Called John Penn of Charles County Planter if &C.a and him safe Keep so that he should have his body before our ^the^ Justices of the Lord Proprietary of his Next County Court to be holden at Charles Town on the Second Tuesday in March Next to Satisfy unto Samuel Hanson Jun as well the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Pounds of good Tobacco a Certain Debt which the same Samuel in the Court of the said Lord Proprietary before the Justices at Charles County afs.d Recovered against the said John Penn as also Three Hundred and fifty five Pounds of Tobacco which to the same Samuel by Discretion of our Justices afs.d of his assent were adjudged for his Damages which he had by occasion of detaining that Debt whereof the said John (Penn) |
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