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June Court 1733
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be found in the bailiwick and him Safe keep So that he have his body before the Justices of our next County Court to be held at our Court house in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in June then next ensueing to Answer unto a Certain Information Exhibited in our Said Court for Commiting fornication with Dorcas Cleaver and begett a bastard Child &c.a And that the Same Sherrif have then at the Said Court the Same Writ &c.a Att which Said Court to wit at Kent County at the Court House in the Town of Chester in Said County on the third tuesday in June being the nineteenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty three being the day of return of Said Writ Came John Gresham Gentl. Sherrif of Said County and made return to the Court here thereof endorsed as foll. viz.t Cepi Corpus p Jn.o Gresham Sherff Kent County fs.t Memorandum that Tench Francis Gent attorney of the right honourable the Lord proprietary that now is for the County afd who for the Same Lord prop.ry in this part prosecuteth doth come here into Kent County Court before William Frisby Esq.r and his associates his Lordships Justices of the Same County to wit at Chester Town in the afd County the twentieth day of March Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred thirty & two and for the Same Lord prop.ry doth give the Court hereto understand and be informed that James Ringgold late of S.t Pauls Parish in the County afd Gent the Son of Charles Ringgold the tenth day of June Anno Dom. Seventeen hundred thirty & two at the parish afd within the jurisdicion of this Court did commit fornication with Dorcas Cleaver and then and there did beget a bastard child on the body of her the Same Dorcas against the form of the Act of Assembly in Such case made and provided wherefore the afd attorney prayeth the advice of the Court here in the premisses for the Said Lord prop.ry and due process of Law against the afd James in this part to Issue to Answer to the Said Lord proprietary of and upon the premisses &c.a Test Dorcas Cleaver T francis Cler. pac. And the afd James Ringgold in his proper person comes and Saith |
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