the Sum of three hundred pounds ---- The Parties appeared,
And the Said Inhabitants of said Precinct (by Elisha
Ruggles and George B. Nye their Agents for this purpose duly appointed)
come and defend &c., when &c. , and say they never assumed upon
themselves in manner and form as the Plaintiff in his Writ and Declaration
has declared against them, and thereof Just &c. --
And the Plaintiff likewise, by John Davis Esqr
his Attorney -- After a full hearing of the Parties the cause
was committed to the Jury, who leaving sworn to try the same, returned
their verdict therein upon their oaths, in the Words following vizt,
"The Jurors find that the defendants never assumed in manner and
form as the Plaintiff has declared against them in his Writ."
It is therefore considered by the Court that the said Inhabitants of said
Precinct recover against the said Jonathan Moore Costs of Suit
taxed at
From which Judgment the Plaintiff
(by his said Attorney) appointed to the next Supreme Judicial Court to
be held for this County and Recognized with sentence as the Law directs
for prosecuting his appeal with speed
Above Copy as appears of Records --