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146 by Joshua George his Attorney and prayeth that the afd Edward to the Indictment afd may Answer And the afd Richard in his proper person comes and defends the force & injury when &c And saith that he is in no Sort guilty of the premisses afd Above upon him Imposed as by the afd Indictment it is Alledged and thereof he puts himself upon the Country &ca And he who fol. for the Lord propry in like manner saith he is guilty &c J George pr Ld propry Thereupon Command was given to the sher. of Kent County that he Immediately cause to come ehre twelve &c by whom &ca. who neither &c to recognize &c because as well &c of which said precept the said sher. to wit Simon Wilmer Gent now here at this day to wit the twentyeth day of March Anno Dom. One thousand seven hundred thirty & eight makes return that he hath here ready twelve &c as by his precept he was Commanded And now here afterwards to wit the day and year last mentioned Come again the afd Lord propry by his Attry afd and the afd Richd Edwards in his proper person and the Jurors of that Jury being Impannelled & called likewise came to wit John Tilden, John Wallis, William Commegys Thomas Bordley Theophelus Randal Thomas Ayres, Thomas Pryer, Francis Meeks, Thos. Lewis Edward Cowarden, Wm. Graves, Wm. Hodges, Who being duly Elected tried and Sworn to say the truth in the premisses the afd Richd. the prison Appearing And the afd Jurors upon their Oath do say that the afd Richard the prisoner at the Barr is guilty as he stands Indicted and by John Tilden their foremn. all so say &c Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit at Kent County Court at the Court house in the Town of Chester in said County on the third tuesday of March being the twentyeth day of sd. month in the year of Our Lord God One thousand seven hundred and thirty Eight that the afd Richard shall stand in and upon the Pilliray for the Space of half an hour And shall be whipped at the publick whiping post in the same County with twenty five lashes upon the Bare Back and the Blood to Appear And it is Commd. |
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