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163 on the third tuesday of June being the nineteenth day of said month inthe year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & nine cometh the afd Lord propry by his Attorney afd and prayeth that the afd Mary to the Indictmt. afd may Answer And the afd Mary in her proper prSon comes & defends the force & injury when &c And saith that she is in no sort guilty of the premisses afd Above upon her Imposed as by the Indt. afd it is alledged and thereof She putteth herself upon the Country &c And he who followeth for the Lord propry in like manner saith She is Guilty &c Thereupon Command was given to the sher. of Kent County that he Immediately cause to come here twelve &c by whom &c 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 nineteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & none makes return that he hath here ready twelve &c as by his precept he was Commanded And now here afterwards to wit the day & year last mentioned Come again the afd Lord propry by his Attorney afd And the afd Mary in her proper person And the Jurors of that Jury being Impannelled & called likewise come to wit James Ringgold, Nathl. Ricketts, Henry Trulock, Francis Barney, Bullmn. Medford, Samuell Mansfeild, Michael Hackett, Richd. Peacock, James Wright, Robert Mansfeild, James Thomas & Charles Smith who being duely Elected tried & Sworn to Say the truth in the premisses the afd Mary the prisoner Appearing to the Verdict of the Jurors afd Upon their Oath do say that the afd Mary Norris is guilty as She stands Indicted & by James Ringgold their foreman 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 June being the nine: :teenth day of said month in the year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & nine Serve the term the Term of Seven Years as a punishmt for the fornication afd According to Act of Assembly in |
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