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November Court
1727
331 that he hath here ready twelve &c as by his precept he was Comanded And now here afterwards to wit the Day and year Last mentioned Come again the afd Mary Spearman and the afd Tench Francis Attry of the Lord proprietary and the Jurors of that Jury being Impanelled and Called Likewise came to wit Francis Barney Thomas Hynson Jun.r Thomas Medford Roger Hailes Abraham Ambrose Abraham Redgrave Jun.r William Dean John Cooper Benjamin Griffith Thomas Massey William Sincocks John Walls who being duly Elected tryed and Sworn to say the truth in the premisses upon their oath Do say that Mary Spearman is guilty of Stealing the afd Checkered Linnen apron as she stands Indicted and by Francis Barney their Foreman allso say Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at the Court house in the Town of Chester in Kent County this twenty first Day of November Anno Dom Seventeen hundred twenty and seven That the afd Mary Spearman stand half an hour on the Pillory And afterwards to receive at the publick whiping post five Lashes well laid on her bare back till the blood appear as a punishment for her afd Crime of stealing the afd apron according to the force form and Effect of the verdict afd also it is Considered that the afd Mary Spearman pay the sum of five hundred and eighty three pounds of Tobacco Costs accruing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk Ordered by the Court here and Year Last mentioned that the Sherr of Kent County take the afd Mary Spearman into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd Specified and afterwards to bring her into Court again Of which precept the said Sherr to wit John Gresham Gent high Sherr 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 Mary Spearman before the Court And as to Mary Wilson as accessary with the afd Mary |
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