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March Court Anno Dom 1746
(47 And the said William in his Proper Person Comes and defends the force & Injury when &C.a and saith that he Cannot deny the Action afs.d of him the said John Smith Prather nor but that he did assume upon himself in manner & form as the said John Smith Prather against him have Complained nor also but that the said John have sustained Damage by means of not Performing the Promises and Assumptions aforesaid to six pounds Eighteen shillings and Two pence half penny paper Currency as the said John above in Declaring supposes Whereupon the said John by his attorney afs.d Comes & Prays Judgment of those Damages so acknowledged together with his Costs and Charges by him about his suit in this part laid out and Expended to him to be adjudged Therefore it is Considered by the Court here that the said John Recover against the said William his Damages afs.d to six pounds Eighteen shillings and Two pence half Penny paper Currency as above acknowledged as also the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty Two pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in this part laid out and Expended on his Def.t in Mer Assent by the Court here adjudged and the said W.m in Mercy &C.a
It was Commanded the Coroners that they should take Richard Smith late of Charles County Planter if &C.a and him safe so that they should have his body before the Justices of the Lord Proprietary of his Kent County Court to be holden at Charles on the Second Tuesday in March Next to Answer unto Samuel Hanson Jun Esq.r high sheriff of Charles County of a plea of Trespass upon the Case and that he should have then & there this writ &Ca At which day to wit the Second Tuesday in March afs.d Comes the said Samuel Hanson Junior by Jeremiah Chase his attorney & offers himself against the said Richard in the Plea afs.d and John Wilder Gent one of the Coroners for said County Returns to the Court here that he has taken the body of the said Richard And the afs.d Richard in his Proper Person Comes and defends the force and injury when &C.a and saith that he Cannot deny the Action afs.d of the said Samuel nor but that he owes to the afs.d Samuel the sum of Two Thousand and Ninety Three pounds of Tobacco and no more Whereupon the said Samuel by his Attorney aforesaid prays Judgment and those Damages so acknowledged with his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in this part laid out and Expended to him to be adjudged Therefore it is Considered that the said Samuel Hanson Jun Recover against the said Richard Smith his Damages afs.d to Two Thousand and Ninety Three Pounds of Tobacco above acknowledged and also Three Hundred and five pounds of Tobacco for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suit in this part laid out and Expended on his Assent by the Court here adjudged and the afs.d Richard in Mercy &ca Def.t in Mer |
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