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[27] Febry Court 1700
upon theire oathes doe prSent Daniel Pearce of Kent County alius dictus Daniel Pearce Island Hundred in ^ Kent County within ye jurisdiction of this Court wth. force & Armes one guilding of ye price of 95lbs of Tobo. of ye proper goods of A Certaine Wm Hollinsworth felloniously he did Steale & bare away against ye peace of our Soveraigne Lord ye King and ast. ye forme of ye Act of Assembly in that case made & provided Macklin pr Doms. Rege
Sherf. made Answer he had there ready Twelve &a. as by his precept he was Comanded Vizt. Thomas Wyatt foreman George Powell Thomas Ford John Jhonson Robert Foreman Edward Plesto Thomas Browne Nicholas Massey William Robinson Nathanll. Cleave Jno Ossley & Jacob Young which Jury duly elected Tryed and Sworne and having heard ye Evidences pleadings & Allegacons on both Sides, the Court giveth them theire Charge who withdraw to Consider on ye prmisses and After Some time doe againe returne and being called over as alsoe ye Said Prisoner and being demanded whither ye Said Prisoner was guilty of ye Crime he Stood indicted for or not Guilty Doe Say he is not Guilty and by Thomas Wyat theire foreman all of Them Soe Say Therefore it is Considered by this Court here that ye Said Danll. Pearce as to ye Said Crime goe thereof wthout Day he paying his fees Jno Dowdall Clk Mary Heathcoate bound by ye Court to James Bruard untill She arive at ye age of Sixteen Yeares or day of Mariage And ye Said James Bruard doth oblidge himselfe to deliver ye Said Mary one Cow and one Suite of good new Cloathes when free Jno Dowdall Clk Catherine Heathcoat likewise bound by ye Court to ye Said James Bruard untill She arive at ye Age of Sixteen Yeares or day of mariage And ye Said James doth oblidge himselfe to give ye Sd. Catherine A Suite of new Cloathes when free Jno Dowdall Clk Coll. Jno Hyn[son absen]t but Suddainly Sitts
& there to remaine untill he find Espll baile to Said Action Jno Dowdall Clk And ye Said Thomas Prestage comes into Court and brings along wth. him Majr. Jno Hawkins who becomes Spll baile to Said Action & promiseth that ye Sd. Deft. Thos. Prestage Shall pay condemacon if Cast or he will doe it for him |
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