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June Court 1727
279 On the Back of y.e preceeding Indictment was as foll.s viz.t True Bill Sam.l Groome forem.n And the afd Hannah Ward In her proper person Comes & Saith that She Can not Gainsay the Indictment afd so as afd against her Bro.t nor but that She is guilty of the premisses above upon her Imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged and 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 Kent County this 20.th Day of June Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty Seven that the s.d Hannah Ward Receive at the publick Whipping post Eleven lashes well laid on her bare Back till the Blood appears as a punishment for her afd Crime of Committing fornication in form afd Confest also it is Considered that She pay the Sume of three hundred and fifty Eight pounds of Tob.o Costs Accrueing on y.e premisses afd to y.e 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 Sher of Kent County take the afd Hannah Ward into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd Specified and afterwards to bring her into Court again Of which s.d precept the s.d Sher to wit John Gresham 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 y.e s.d Hanna Ward before y.e Court Ordered by the Court here that the afd Hannah Ward prove y.e ffather of the Child in the Indictment afd Specified who Declares on y.e holy Evangilists of Almighty God that a Certain Samuel Hudson is y.e ffather of y.e afd Child Ordered by the Court here that the Sher of Kent County keep y.e s.d Hannah Ward in Safe Custody untill She Shall Satisfie y.e Costs in y.e Indictment afd Specified
Dom. 1727 the Day of Return of s.d writt Endorst as foll.s viz.t Cepi Corpus p Jn.o Gresham Sherr Kent County fs.t The Jurors for the Right Hon.ble the Lord prop.ry that now is for Kent County afd upon their oath Do present that Sarah Duretty late of S.t pauls parish in y.e County afd Spinster the tenth Day of August Anno Dom. |
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