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1782 1 Term [Tuesday] Jan 29th
Delivered he should return the Money.
The Defence intended was that possession was delivered but the Sheriff’s Officer swore there was a Fort on the Land filled with Men Armed with Bows and Arrows and other Weapons, and that a Man came out of the Fort and told him he was sent by the Possessor of the Fort to say he had a Mortgage on the Land, and he would not quit possession until he was paid.
The Bailiff said he offered to give possession of the Open Land, but the Agents of the Plaintiff would not accept it, because he could not give
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