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Nov.r Court 1730
161 God to the evil Example of all others in Such case offending contrary to the peace of the Said Lord prop.ry his good rule and Government and against the form of the Act of Assembly in that case made & provided Wherefore the afd Attry prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premisses for the Said Lord prop.ry and due process of Case against the afd Mary at this part to Issue to answer to the Said Lord prop.ry of and upon the Premisses &c.a And The afd Mary now here at the Said Court to wit the Seventeenth day of Nov.r Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and thirty cometh and appears in her proper person And Saith that She cannot gainsay the Indictment afd So as afd against her brought nor but that She is guilty of the premisses above her imposed as by the afd Indictment it is alledged & thereupon Submits to the Court Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at Kent County afd at the Court House in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in Nov.r being the Seventeenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and thirty That the afd Mary Do Receive on her bare back twenty Lashes well laid on her bare back till the blood app.r for her offence of fornication afd Informs afd Confest as also the Sum of two hundred and Seventy pounds of Tobacco Cost accrueing on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court &c.a Jam.s Smith Clk 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 Mary Parker into his Custody and Execute the Punishment in the Judgm.t afd Specified and afterwards to bring her into Court againe Off which precept to wit Joseph Young Gent high Sherf of Kent County makes Return on the day & year last Said That he hath Executed the Punishment in the afd Judgment and also hath here the Said Mary Parker before the Court Jos Young Sher.
here on the third tuesday in Nov.r being the Seventeenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and thirty Endorsed as foll viz.t Cepi Corpus Jo Young Sher. Kent County fs The Jurors for the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary that now is for the body of Kent County upon their Oath do present that Samuel Clark of S.t pauls Parish in the County afd Planter the first day of August Anno Dom Seventeen hundred and thirty at the Parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction |
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