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Kent County Criminal Proceedings, 1724-1728
Volume 548, Page 357   View pdf image (33K)
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                                March Court 1727                                    357

Certain John Evans in the County afd Gentleman ^one^ of the Justices of
the said County Court in which office the same John Evans hitherto
hath Continued to wit at the County afd and that John Ambrose
of Saint pauls parish in the County afd planter afterwards to wit
the tenth day of Novem.r Anno Dom Seventeen hundred twenty and
Seven at the Parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction
of this Court having Discourse with the said John Evans and not
being Ignorent of the premisses then & there in the psence and
hearing of many Liege Subjects of our Lord the King that now is
Unlawfull Malistiously and Unjuriously to the said John Evans
did say Speak & with a loud Voice assert pronounce & publish of the
same John Evans these false Scandalous Contempluous & opprobrious
english words following to wit You / the afd John Evans meaning /
a Majestrate? / a Justice of the peace meaning / You (the
same John Evans again meaning / are no more fit for a Majestrate
(a Justice a Justice of the peace again meaning) that my
Backside (the Backside of him the said John Ambrose meaning)
and that the afd John Ambrose afterward to wit the same
Day and year and at the place last mentioned having further
Discourse with the said John Evans to the same John Evans
then and there in the presence and hearing of many Liege Subjects
of the said Lord the King unlawfully maliciously and unjustly of the
same John Evans did say and Speak and with a Loud voice assent pronounce
and publish these other false Scandelous and approbrious
English words following to wit You (the afd John Evans meaning)
a Majestrate? (A justice of the peace meaning) You (the said John
Evans again meaning) are no more fit for a Majestrate (a Justice
of the peace again meaning) than my Arse (the Arse of the said John
Ambrose meaning) to the great Scandall and Defamation of the
said John Evans and to the evill Example of all other dolenquits in such
Case offending to the manefest and open Contempt of the said Lord propry
and of his Laws Contrary to the peace of the same Lord propry his
good rule and Government And against the form of the Act of Assembly
in such Case lately made and provided wherefore the same Attorney
of the afd Lord propry for the same Lord propry prayeth the Advise
of the Court here in the psses and Due process of Law in this part
to be made against the said John Ambrose to answer unto the
same Lord propry of and upon the psses &c
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