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November Court 1727
County afd Spinster the tenth day of June Anno Dom Seventeen hundred twenty and Seven at the parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court did committ fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors afd unknown and did permitt the same unknown person then and there to have Carnall knowledge of her body and to beget then and there a bastard Child on the body of her the same Mary to the high Displeasure of Almighty God to the Evill Example of all others in such Case offending Contrary to the peace of the said Lord propry that now is his good rule and Governm.t and against the form of the Act of Assembly in that Case made & provided Test George Hastins T francis Cler. pac. On the back of the preceeding Indictment was as foll.s viz.t A true bill by Thomas Hynson foreman And the afd Mary Spearman in her proper pson comes and Saith that she Cannot gainsay the Indictment afd so as afd ag.st her brought 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 Court here to wit at the Court house in the Town of Chester in Kent County this twenty fourth day of November Anno Dom 1727 That the afd Mary Spearman receive at the publick whiping post Eleven 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 also it is Considered that she pay the sum of two hundred twenty 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 at this Day to wit the day & year afd that the Sherrf of Kent County take her the said Mary into his Custody & Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd specefyed and afterward to bring her into Court again Of which said pcept the said Sherrf to wit John Gresham Gent high Sherrf of Kent County makes Return thereof on the Day and Year last said |
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