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June Court 1726
211 Day of said Month Anno Dom 1726 Came again the afd Lord prop.ry by Tench Francis his Clk of Indictments and the said John Jones and Thomas Jones nor either of them appearing thereupon the afd proceedings were Continued untill the third Tuesday of August then next following also Att which said August Court Came again the afd Lord prop.ry by Tench Francis his Clk of Indictments and the said Cause being Continued untill the third Tuesday of Augs.t following at which said Court the said Thomas Jones being brought to the Barr appears there^up^on the said Tench Francis desires the Court to proceed to Judgm.t on the verdict afd against the said Thomas Jones Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at the Courthouse in the Town of Chester in said County this Sixteenth Day of August Anno Dom Seventeen hundred and twenty six that the said Thomas Jones stand whipping post twenty nine Lashes well laid on his bare back till the blood appears as a punishment for his afd Crime of felloniously stealing a hogg according to the force form and Effect of the verdict afd also it is Considered that the said Thomas Jones pay the sum of Eleven hundred Sixty Nine & A half pounds of Tobacco Costs accruing 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 last Mentioned that the Sherrf of Kent County take the afd Thomas Jones into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgment of Specefyed and afterward to bring him into Court again of which precept the said Sherf to wit John Gresham now high Sherrf of Kent County makes return on the Day and Year last said that he hath Executed the said Judgment And also hath here the said Thomas Jones before the Court John Walls and John Mecay both of Kent County planters Comes into Court in their proper persons and assumes to pay the four fold amounting to ten Shillings Current Money of Maryland and the Costs in the Judgm.t afd Specefyed and thereupon the said Thomas Jones is therefrom discharged Att which Said ^third Teusday of^ August foll ^being y.e 16.th day of s.d Month Anno Dom 1726^ came again The afd Lord prop.ry by Tench ffrancis his Clk of the Indictments And the Said John Jones Still made default and thereupon the Same was furth.r Continued so far as relates to the Same John untill the third tuesday of November then next following |
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Kent County Criminal Proceedings, 1724-1728
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