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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1659. 331
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howse in that Condicon & tht his mate should goe forward &
acquaynt the next neighbors, wth it. And Comming back hee fownd
the Woman suckling the Child, & after that, undressed it, & washed
it. And the Nable string being to long, shee cutt a peice of it of,
saying it was soe hard, shee could not boulster it up. And after
soe dressing it, shee layd her selfe uppon the Bed, in the next roome
wth it, & goeing now & then from his other employmts to her, hee
asked her how shee did ? Shee sayd the Child was weake, & thought
it would not Hue. And a while after shee called this Depont, & told
him, that the Child was dead. And hee putt his finger to the lipps of
the Child, & could not perceaue it breath.
Susan Barbery Sayth, That shee saw a Black place uppon the
Belly of the Child, as bigge as one of her hands. And that shee
cutt the Nable string because it was to long. That a fortnight afore
discoursing wth Anne Barbery about her being wth Child; The sayd
Anne sayd, That neyther shee, nor any other woman should see any
Child of hers, ffurther sayth not.
And the sayd Anne Barbery acknowledging in open Court, that the
Child was a Bastard borne. It is Ordered That the sd Anne Barbery
bee forthwth whipped, uppon the bare back & to haue thirty Lashes
gyuen her.
Writt to the Sheriffe ad Exeqdm, according to Order supradict.
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Liber
P. C. R.
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Was called afore the Board Mr Richard Preston, William Allenby,
Henry Osborne, Willm B[erry] & John Day, & accused for enter-
teyning & harbouring [Thomas] Thurston contrary to an Order of
the Councell, Published on the 23d day of July last, & another Order
likewise Published on the 3d day of August following. And it being
certifyed & proued tht noe one of the sd persons was ignorant, but
had notice of, & knew the foresd Order of the Councell, & tht other
Order as aforesd, & of the Penalty therein conteyned, It is therefore
Ordered That Euery one of the forsd persons respectiuely pay &
satisfy to the Ld Proprietary of this Prouince ffiue hundd pownds of
Tub,according to that latter Order published as aforesayd.
The Court adiorned by the Gouernor till to morrow morning att
9 o Clock
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Attorney
General v.
Preston et
al.
Vide 3 Md.
Arch. Coun.
364
p. 302
Vid. fol. 280
& fol. 290
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Mathew Stone Examined Sayth uppon Oath, That about 5 or 6
yeares agoe (as hee supposeth) being wth Capt Robert Vaughan, in
his Brother Stones Hall, att St Maries. His sd Brother came in,
being moued & in passion wth William Hewes, spoake to him, &
asked him, why hee went not to grynd att the Mill ? And William
Hewes asked him againe, who should pay him for his paynes or
labour? And his sd Brother bad the sd Willm Hewes goe on wth his
labour about the Mill, & hee would see him payd therefore, & further
Sayth not.
Jurat Coram me Willm Bretton.
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Hewes v.
Stone
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