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March Court 1729
115 and Saith that they are in no Sort guilty of the premises upon him Imposed as by the afd Indictm.t it is alledged And thereof they putt themselves upon the Country Geo Harrington & Emanuel Drew in their p.r p.rsons And he who followeth for the Lord prop.ry in like manner Say they are guilty T ffrancis p Ld p.ry And now here at this Court Notwithstanding the plea afd The Same George Harrington and Emanuel Drew comes into Court and withdraws their plea afd And in their proper persons comes and Says that they Cannot gainsay the Indictment afd So as afd against them brought nor but that they are guilty of the premises afd upon them Imposed as by the afd Indictm.t it is alledged And thereupon Submitts to the Court Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit At the Court House in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in March being the Seventeenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and twenty Nine That the afd George Harrington and Emanuel Drew S[t]and in the pillory for the Space of one quarter of an hour Each and that afterwards they Receive at the Publick whiping post five Lashes Each well laid on their ^bare^ backs tell y.e blood appear as a punishment for their afd Crime of felony according to the force form & effect of the Confession afd Also it is Considered that the Said George Harrington and Emanuel Drew pay the Sume of two Shillings Current money it being the four fold of the afd Goods So Stoln And also pay the sume of three hundred and Seventy pounds of Tobacco Costs accrueing on the premises afd to the officers of this Court It is also Considered by the Court here at this day to wit the day and year last mentioned that the Sherf of Kent County take the afd George Harrington and Emanuel Drew into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd Specified of which precept the Said Sherf to wit Joseph Young Gent high Sherf of Kent County makes return on the day and year last Said that he hath Executed the Said Judgment And also hath here ready the Said George Harrington and Emanuel Drew before the Court Ordered by the Court here that the Same Emanuel Drew at the Expiration of his time to be Deliverd up to the Court or Sherf of Kent County
person to Shew any cause to the Contrary On which this Court Discharges the Same And William Copper of Said County at the Said last Court Ent.rd into Recognizance in the Sum of tenn pds Sterl for his Ap.rc at this Court as an Evid.c ag.st the afd George Harrington and the afd William in his proper person ap.rd and ordered that his Recognizance be disch.d This Court here discharges the Same
be disch.d no person appearing to Shew cause to the Contrary Thereupon this Court here discharges the Same And William Copper of Said County at the Said last Court Ent.rd into Recognizance in the Sume of tenn pounds Sterl for his Appearance at this Court as an Evid.c against the afd Emanuel Drew And now here y.e afd William in his prop.r pson ap.rd And ordered that his Recognizance be discharged this Court here discharged the Same |
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