Provincial Court Proceedings, 1672.   31






         The names of the grand Jurors are as followeth. Liber J J
       Wm Hemsely foreman            Richard Whittey     Benjamin Wells
       Richard Royston  Wm Barton    Richard Snowden
       William Leeds    George Newman     Henry Neale
       George Wells     Richard Morrice   Marke Cordea
       Miles Gibson     Wm Slade     Thomas Basset
       John Lee         John Taylour Richard Ladd
             William Worgan &
             William Morgan &
             Wm Lawrence
             Twenty in all

         Then was Edward Beedle of Baltamore County, Wm Marshall of 2500l fine
       Charles County ffrancis Hill of St Maryes County, Thomas Paget & p. 303
       Charles Ascomb of Calvert County being retorned of the Grand
       Jury & not appearing upon call fined Each man five hundred pounds
       of Tobacco.

         The said Twenty Grand Jurors first named appearing being all
       Called & sworne according to the Tenor of the usuall oath the Attor
       ney Generall delivered unto them these Indictmts following vizt.
         The Jurors for the Right honoble the Lord Proprietary upon
       their oathes doe prsent that Ann Pattison late of South River in Ann Pattison
       the County of Ann Arundell Spinister being greate with Childe of a
       certeine living infant the xvith day of March in the fortieth yeare
       of his said Lopps Dominion at South River aforesayd in the County
       aforesayd by the providence of God did labour with Childe, and
       Did bring forth a certeine living Childe borne alive secretly and
       without the Company of any other weomen, and that afterwards
       the said Ann by force and Armes and of her mallice before thought
       the said sixteenth day of March in the fortieth yeare of his said
       LoPPs Dominion &c the said Childe so borne alive, and in a naturall
       being did make an assault and then and there feloniously did Kill
       so the said Ann aforesayd the said Childe of her mallice fore
       thought feloniously & voluntaryly did murther, Contrary to the peace
       of the Lord Proprietary his Rule & Dignity.
                             John Taylor. Johanna Taylor

         The Jurors for the Right honoble the Lord Proprietary upon their
       oathes doe prsent that Richard Shippey of St Clements Hundred Richard
       in the County of St Maryes planter for that the said Richard Shippey Shippey
       one hogg of the goods & Chattells of Charles Budd of the County
       of Calvert in the said County of Calvert did take Kill and Carry
       away the one & twentieth day of January last paste in the fortieth
       year of his Lopps Dominion Annoque Domini 1671, Contrary to the
       forme and Effect of a certeine Act of Assembly in that case had