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The Condicon of which Recognizance is Such that if the above bound

Thomas Powell Constable of BogateeNorten hundred doe forthwith Comply

with the late Order of Govern^r & Counsel for the takeing the list or number

of hoggs & Catle and also perfect his List of y^e Number of Tytheables

within his hundred & the Same returne within Such due time that

neither the Justices of this Court nor the Country be thereby damnified

that then this Recognizance to be void paying fees otherwayes to be

& remaine in full power force & Vertue . – – – – -

     Ordered that Thomas Powell be released from his Comittment

              paying fees &ca . – – – – – – –

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Their Maties agt           Somerset County Ss //

Thomas Oxford – }      The Grand Jury for the body

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~           of this County on their Oaths

doe present Thomas Oxford of this County for that the sd Thomas

Some time in the year of o^r Lord 1694 at the SeaSide within the

Jurisdiction of this Court three hogsheads of tobacco did falsely

pack & the Same & the Same did Vend & Sell thereby too Cheat

& Cozen the good people of this Province to the decay of trade, the

Evil Example of others & the Pease &ca. – – – – –

                                           Dent Clk of p^rsentm^ts .

The Indictment being read the Wor^ll Court Comanded that a Jury of

twelve good & lawfull Men Should be impannelled to try the sd

Matter betwixt their Maties & the Sd Oxford A List or pannell

wherefore by the Sheriff returned as followeth (viz) Samuel

Horsey Samuel Showell George Baly, Matt Wallace Benj^m Idolett

Phillip Askew Jun^r John Henderson ffra. Joyce Walter Evins , Rich^d

Shockley,Hen. Philips Joseph Staton, 12) who being legally

impannelled returned & Sworn having heard the totall p^rceedings

& Evidences Sworn & Examined, received their Charge & are

Sent forth. - - - - -and this day viz the day afd the Jurors of the afd

Jury being Calld over the plt & dft being Calld the Verdict is [decl]

& read as followeth (viz) Wee of the Jury doe find for their Maties

Samuel Horsey foreman. Ordered by the Court that the plt be

reimburst the quantity formerly recd in full weight with adition

of eight p^r cent Comon psallory & that for his Crime to their Maties

the Sd dft to receive thirty lashes upon his bare back well laid on

viz 10 for each hogshead to be inflicted three Several Court dayes

to wit, now & at y^e next ensueing Court dayes . – Ordered that

the sd Oxford give good Security for the p^rformance of the abovesd

Order & to be of the good behaviour &ca. - - - Whereupon Came

the Sd Oxford & his two Securities Robert Pirrie & Wm Bensom

and the Sd Oxford did by Recognizance acknowledge & Confess him

Self to be indebted to their Maties the just Sum of one hundred pounds

Sterling money of England & the sd Pirrie & Densom in the Sum of fifty

pounds apiece like money afd all due to be levyed on their goods and