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[2]21 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 August being the twenty first day of said month in the year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & nine that the afd Margarett English receive at the publick whiping post of the County afd nine Lashes well laid on and the blood to Appear as a punishment for Committing the fornication Indictmt. afd Specified (According to Act of Assembly) Also it is Considered that the said Margrett pay the sum of four hundred pounds Accrueing on the premisses afd to the Severall Officers of this Court &c It is Also Considered by the Court here that the sher. of Kent County take the afd Margt. into his Custody and Execute the punishment in the Judgt. afd Specified And afterwards to bring her into Court again of which said precept the said sher. to wit Simon Wilmer Gent. high sher. of the County afd makes return on the day & year last mentioned that he hath Executed the punishment in the Judgmt. afd And have her the same Margarett before the Court Ordered by this Court here that Edward Worrell (Master to the afd Margarett) deliver her up to the Court at the Expiratn of her time of Servitude there to make Satisfaction to the Same Court for the fees Accrueing on the premisses afd according to Act of Assembly &c Jams Smith Cl.
the year of Our Lord seventeen hundred thirty & nine cometh the afd William Graves in his proper person & prayeth last Court that his & his Suretys recognizance taken at ^ Appearance to this Court may be Discharged Ordered by this Court here that William Graves James Ringgold & James Wright their recognizances taken |
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