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November Court 1725 The Grand Jury Returns and Delivers to the Court the following psentm.ts which they are willing Should be Altered not touching matter of Substance which are his Lordship against John Johnson for an Assault Thomas Foster for fornication and Tho.s Sinson for fornication
Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred twenty and five at the parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court in and upon a Certain Henry Gordon in the peace of God and of the s.d Lord prop.ry then and there being With force and Arms an assault Did Make and him the s.d Henry Gordon then and there Did beat wound and evilly treat so that of his Life it was much Dispared and other harms to him then and there Did to the great Damage of the y.e s.d Henry Gordon and against the peace of the s.d Lord prop.ry that now is his good Rule & Dignity &c.a
On the back of y.e preceeding Indictment was Endorst as foll.s viz.t as true bill by W.m Crowe foreman And the afd W.m Mackey pleads not Guilty and for Tryable putts himselfe upon y.e Country W.m Mackey in p.a psona And he who followeth for the Lord prop.ry says his Guilty T francis p Lord prop.ry And the afd W.m Mackey afterwards to wit the Day and year last menconed Comes into Court and Relinquishes the plea afd and saith that he Can not gain say the Indictment ^ premisses above upon him imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged & thereupon Submits to the Court Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at the Court house in the Town of Chester in s.d County this Nineteenth Day of November Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty five that y.e afd W.m Mackey pay the Sume of fifty pounds of Tobacco as a fine for his afd offence of Committing an assault in form afd Confest as also that he pay the Sume of two hundred and Eighty three pounds of Tob.o Costs accrueing on the premisses afd by y.e officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk |
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