At a Court of Chancery holden at the House of Capt Jno: Hecklefield in Little River on Wensday the 7th. Day of April 1714.

Present The Honble: Tho: Pollock Esqr. President &c—

The Honble Tho: Boyd—Na: Chevin—Wm. Reed—T: Knight Esqrs. Lds Proprs. Deptyes.

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Upon Complt of Jno. Durant a Yawpim Indian Setting Forth that when he was out agt. the Indian Enemy under the Comand of Mathew Midgett, he the sd. Durant tooke an Indian Slave Woman & the sd. Midget took her away from him wthout any Sattisfaction: And the matter being heard it is the opinion of this Court that the ^sd^ Slave Woman did belong to the sd Durant wherefore it is hereby orderd & Decreed that the sd. Mat. Midget doe pay unto the sd. Durant Ten pounds in consideration of the sd Slave.

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Upon reading the bill of Complt. of Jno. Blish mercht. this Day agt. Capt. Richd. Sanderson Esqr. therein Setting Forth that Whereas he was on the first day of April 1713 Lawfully possessd of two Indian Slaves namely a woman called Anne & a female Child, wch sd. Slaves he Shipt & Consigned to his Correspondence in New England, but they made their Escape & run away before they gott out of this Governmt: & one Capt Richd. Sanderson who is Deft. to this his bill in Some Small time afterwards happened by Chance to take up the Sd Slaves which he Soon hearing off went & demanded them of him offering him above the common Salvage which the Law allows a Sufficient Gratuity but the sd. Sanderson not onely then utterly refused to Deliver him the Slaves but Since that time hath Shipt them to New England made Sale of them & converted the proffitts to his own Use &c. contrary to all equity & good Conscience, And further that he the sd. Blish did Comence Suite at the Common Law to the Genll: Court of this Province agt. the sd. Sanderson & at a Court holden in 8br last past had a hearing for the Same & after Issue Joyned & the matter debated he the sd. Blish had a verdict of Twelve good & lawfull men for the Sume of £20 in consideracon of the afsd. two Slaves with Cost, but So it was that the sd. Sandsons atturney after Such Verdict moved in a Writt of Judgmt. & thro Some Error inadvertency of his the sd. Blishes Attorney in the process or Declaration thereon Set the sd. Judgment aside Since wch his sd. Atturney is Dead and has either Lost or mislead all his papers and other Evidences concerning the sd. Slaves So that he is not capable of Commencing his Suite at the Common Law again, Whereby he is left wholly remediless unless relieved &c. Do therefore pray that the sd. Sanderson may be compelld by a decree of this Court to pay unto him as well all such reasonable cost & Charges already Systeyned as the neat proceed of the sd. Slaves or Such reasonable price as Shall be thought fitt &c. to wch End he also prays a Supoena &c. And the sd. Sanderson appeared in Defence of the Same and the matter being Debated on both sides & duely considered by this Court, It is the opinion of the Court that the sd. Salves was taken up as runaway Slaves & that the property thereof was still in the sd. Blish.

Whereupon it is hereby adjudged Ordered & Decreed that the sd. Sanderson pay unto the sd. Blish the Sume of Thirty pounds in consideration of the sd. Slaves wth. Costs.