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June Court 1763 223 the better known of all and all Manner of Felonies Petty Treasons Murders Rapes upon white Women Wilfull burning of any Dwelling house of Outhouse Contiguous to and used with Any Dwelling house or Any other Outhouse wherein there Shall be any person or Any Goods or Merchandizes Tobacco Indian Corn or fodder and all other Capital Offences done or perpetrated by Any Negro or Other Slave and Likewise all Consulting Advising and Conspiring of Negroes and Other Slaves to Rebel or Raise Any Insurrection or to Murder or Poison Any person or to Ravish Any white Woman or to Attempt to burn any Dwelling house or Outhouse Contiguous to or used therewith and of all Trespasses Engrossings Regratings forestallings and Extortions whatsoever and of all Other Misfeazances and Offences whatsoever of which Justices of our peace Lawfully may or Ought to Enquire by whomsoever or howsoever in our County afd. done or Committed or which may hereafter happen to be done or Committed And also of all those who in our County afd. in Riotous Manner have gone or Rode or Shall hereafter Presume to go or Ride with Armed force Against Our Peace to the Disturbance of the Kings Subjects and of all Such who in our County afd. have Lain or Shall hereafter presume to Lie in Wait to Maim or kill Any of the Kings Subjects and also of all Ordinary keepers and Other persons who have offended or hereafter Shall presume to Offend in the Abuse of Weights or Measures Against the Acts of Assembly for the Common Good and Profit now in this Province made and used and also of the Sheriffs Bailiffs Constables and Other Officers who have or Shall hereafter Misbehave themselves in the Execution of their Offices or have been Remiss or Negligent in the Execution thereof or Shall hereafter happen So to be within our County aforesaid and of all and Every the Articles Matters and things Whatsoever howsoever or by whomsoever in our County afd. done or Committed or that Shall hereafter happen to be done or Committed Concerning the premisses or Any of them and to Inspect all Indictments before you or Any of You taken or to be taken or before our Late Justices of the peace within our Said County had and taken and not yet determined and process thereon Against all or Any Person or Persons So indicted or which Shall hereafter happen to be indicted within our County afd. to make and Continue untill they Shall be taken or Surrender themselves or be Out Lawed and to hear and determine all and Every of the Felonies Petty Treasons Murders Rapes upon White Women wilfull Burning of any Dwelling house or Out house Contiguous to or used with any Dwelling house or Any other Outhouse wherein there Shall be any Person or any Goods or Merchandizes Tobacco Indian Corn or Fodder and all other Capital Offences done or Perpetrated by any Negro or Other Slave and Likewise all Consulting Advising and Conspiring of Negroes and other Slaves and to Rebell or Raise Any Insurrection or to Murder or Poison Any Person or to Ravish any White Woman or to Attempt to burn any Dwelling house or Outhouse Contiguous to or used therewith Trespasses Forestallings Regratings Riots Indictments and all other the Matters afd. According to the Laws Customs and directions of the Acts of Assembly afd. So far forth as the provide and where they are Silent According to the Laws Statutes and Reasonable Customs of England As used and practised within this Province and the Said Delinquents and Every of them to Chastise and Punish by fines Ransoms Amerciaments Forfeitures and Otherwise According to the Laws Customs and directions of the Acts of Assembly afd. So far forth as they Provide and where they are Silent |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1760-1763
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