human
Tenant to the _præcipe_, or writ. Then B commenced an action in the Common Pleas against C to recover the estate in question, which, he asserted, had been wrongfully taken from him. C, instead of defending the action,
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A: that is, he called in A to defend, on the ground that the said A had covenanted to support his title; but A, instead of defending the action,
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D. This last, called the
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(in the form in Blackstone he appears as
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Jacob Morland ), was always the
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Crier to the Court, and for playing his part received the modest fee of fourpence on each recovery. At first he (Jacob) made a great show at fight; he denied all B's statements, and
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_i.e._ he demanded that the case should go before a jury for trial. B then craved leave
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(_i.e._ to have a private conference with Jacob), and the proceedings were solemnly adjourned. When they were resumed Jacob was not to be found: