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June Court 1725 there being the Master of a family and Did Require then and there of the afd William a list of all the Taxable persons in his family and the Jury afd upon their Oath afd Do say that y.e afd William then and there did Refuse to give unto y.e afd James Constable of the hundred afd a List or Account of a young Negroe Woman person in the family of the afd William which said Slave then & there was a resident and Como^no^rant and above the age of Sixteen years to wit at y.e hundred afd within the afd County and Jurisdiction Contrary to y.e form of the Act of Assembly in that Case made & provided and against the peace of y.e s.d Lord prop.ry that now is his Good rule and Dignity &c.a M Howard Cler. pac. Testis James Wyatt on y.e back of the preceeding Indictm.t was Endorst as foll.s viz.t a True Bill by Thomas Piner foreman And the afd William Haggethy in his proper person Comes & Defends the force and Injury when &c.a and saith that he Cannot gainsay the Indictment afd so as afd against him brought no Can he say but that he is guilty of the premisses above upon him Imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged and thereupon Submits to y.e Court Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at y.e Court house in y.e Town of Chester in s.d County this fifteenth Day of June Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty five that the afd William Haggethy pay the Sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco as a fine for his afd offence of Consenting a Taxable as afd according to Act of Assembly in that Case lately made and provided And the Sume of two hundred and ninety two pounds of Tobacco Costs accruing on y.e pmisses afd to y.e officers of this Court Jam.s Smith Clk Ordered that y.e afd William Haggethy give Security for his fine and fees above Specifyed Thereupon |
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