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August Court 1727 Wilson pay the Sume of Eight hundred and Ninety Two pounds of Tobacco Costs accrueing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk
said County planter the first Day of March in the year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and twenty two with force and Arms &c.a Att the parish afd in the County afd and within the Jurisdiction of this Court one Bay Colt of the price of one thousand pounds of Tob.o of y.e Goods and Chattles of a Certain George Martin then and there being found then and there feloniously Did Steal take drive and lead away Contrary to the peace of the s.d Lord prop.ry his Good Rule and Dignity and against the form of the Act of Assembly in that Case made and provided &c.a M Howard Cler pac. Billa Vera Josias Lanham foreman Test Andrew Clements, Phil Denny, Mich.l Richmon, John Cooke, Robert Mecay And the afd Thomas Jones in his proper person Comes and Saith that he is in no Sort Guilty of the premisses above upon him Imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged Tho.s Jones in p.a psona And Tench Francis Attorney of y.e s.d Lord prop.ry Cometh and Saith that for as much as he hath not Evidence Sufficient to Maintaine the afd Charge in the Indictment afd Specified against the s.d Tho.s Jones he will not prosecute the Same Indictment any further Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here this Seventeenth Day of August Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty Seven that the afd Thomas Jones as to the Indictment afd he go thereof without Day and be therefrom Acquitted also it is Considered that the said Thomas Jones pay the Sume of two hundred and Ninety Seven pounds of Tobacco Costs Accrueing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk Ordered by the Court here that the Sherf of Kent County keep the afd Thomas Jones in Safe Custod untill he Shall Satisfie the fees in the Judgment afd Specified The Court adjorns till to Morrow Morning at Eight of the Clock |
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