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March Court 1725 of the said Lord prop.ry that now is his Good rule and Government & against the form of the Act of Assembly in Such Case made and provided &c.a T Francis Test John Brown Constable On the Back of y.e preceeding Indictment was as foll.s viz.t A true Bill by W.m Crow foreman And the afd Elizabeth Jones in her proper person Comes and Saith that She Can not Gainsay the Indictment afd so as afd against her brought nor but that She is Guilty of the premisses above upon her Imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged & thereupon Submitts 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 fifteenth Day of of March Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and and twenty five that the s.d Elizabeth Jones receive at the publick whipping post twenty one Lashes well laid on her bare Back till the blood appear as a punishment for her afd Crime of Comitting fornication in form afd Confest as also that She pay the Sume of three hundred and Seventy ^two^ pounds of Tobacco Costs Accrueing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk Ordered by the Court here at this Day to wit the Day and year afd that the Sherr of Kent County take the afd Elizabeth Jones into his Custody and Execute the Lashes in the Judgment afd and afterward to bring her into Court again of which said precept the s.d Sherf to wit Fred.k Hanson Gent high Sher of Kent County makes return on the Day and year last Said that he hath Executed the s.d Judgment and also hath here the s.d Elizabeth Jones before the Court The s.d Elizabeth Jones haveing Entered into Recognizance for her appearance at any time Dureing Court Sitting to Answer to the Indictment afd and now y.e s.d Eliz.a haveing appeared ordered that her Recognizance and her Suretys Recognizances be Discharged Elizabeth Jones of Kent County Spinster at this Court Acknowledged her self Indebted unto the Lord prop.ry of this province of Maryland in the Sume of ten pounds Sterling money of Great Brittain to be Levey'd &c.a Conditionally that if She Should not make her personal appearance before |
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