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March Court 1731
289 against the afd Laughlin Flinn and Margaret his wife wherewith they acknowledge themselves Content
in and upon Robert Jackson in the peace of God and of the Said Lord prop.ry then and there being with force and Arms an assault did make and him the Said Robert then and there did beat wound and evilly treat So that of his life it was much despaired and other harms to him then and there did to the great Damage of the Said Robert and against the peace of the Said Lord prop.ry his good rule and dignity &c.a Test Robert Jackson John Ambrose On the back of the preceeding Indictment was endorsed as foll. viz.t A true bill Sam.l Wickes foreman And the afd Edward Harris in his proper person cometh and Saith that he cannot gainsay the Indictment afd So as afd against him brought nor can he Say but that he is guilty of the premisses as above by the Indictment afd is Sett forth and thereupon Submits to the Court Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at a Court held for Kent County at the Court House in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in March being the twenty first day of Said Month Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred and thirty one That the afd Edward Harris pay the Sum of five hundred pounds of Tobacco to the right honourable the Lord prop.ry &c.a as a fine for Committing the assault afd in form afd Confest and also it is Considered by the Court here the Same day last mentioned That the afd Edward Harris pay the Sum of three hundred ninety Six pounds of Tobacco cost and charges accrued on the premisses afd to the officers of this Court Ordered by the Court here that Joseph Young Gent. high Sherf of Said County keep the afd Edward Harris in Custody untill the fine and fees afd he Shall Satisfy &c.a Jam.s Smith Clk
Seventeen hundred and thirty one came the afd Thomas Clark and in his proper person |
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