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June Court 1734
505 is guilty of feloniously Stealing the Hogg afd as he Stands indicted and by Thomas Christian there foreman all So Say The Same John Jones being called to here the Judgment against him on the verdict of the Jurors afd But the Said John Jones Runing away from the barr the Same was Continued by the Court on a ______________ And for as much as the afd John Jones could not be had to answer the verdict afd untill this 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 Eighteenth day of Said Month Anno Dom. One Thousand Seven hundred and thirty four Came the afd John Jones and appeared at the barr and was ordered to hold up his hand And the verdict of the Jurors afd being read to him was asked if he was the same person as the same Jury had found guilty answered he was then was asked if he had any thing to Say why Judgment should not pass against him on the Verdict of the Jurors afd says that he hath nothing to offer why the Court Should not give Judgment against him on the Verdict afd Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit the Same day and year last mentioned That the afd John Jones stands in the pillory half an hour and then to have on his bare back twenty Lashes well laid on till the blood appear at the publick whipping post and to pay the four fold of the hogg afd of the Value of Ten Shill.s Current money which four fold amounts to forty Shill.s and also that he pay the sum of Nine hundred and Seventeen pounds of Tobacco costs accrueing on the premisses 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 John Gresham Gentl. Sherrif of Kent County take the afd John Jones into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgment afd specified and afterwards to bring him into Court againe of which precept to wit John Gresham Sherriff of Kent County makes return on the day & Year last Said That he hath Executed the punishment in the Judgment afd and also hath here the Said John Jones before the Court Jam.s Smith Clk And now here came the afd John Jones and John Gresham Gentl. Sherrif of Kent County being present This Court orders that the Same John Jones be kept in Safe Custody untill he Shall give good Security for his appearance at next Court to be held for Kent |
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