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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1701-1705
Volume 740, Page 288   View pdf image
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      Third Daÿ of Augt Anno Dñi 1703 att Island hundred in Kent wthin ye Jurisdiction
      of this Court wth force and armes one Rugg of ye price of two hundred —
      pounds of tobacco the prper goods of a Certaine James then and there
      felloniouslÿ Did take and bear away agt ye peace of our Said —
       Ladÿ ye Queen and ag ye form of ye Act of assemblÿ in ye Case —
       made and prvided      —       ——    Macklin pr Dña Regiña

      Which Said bill of Indictment was Endorsed wth these words vizt

                A True bill    William Hackett fforeman —    ~    ~

      And now here this Daÿ to witt this 25th Daÿ of of Januarÿ Anno Dñi
      1703 and ye Sd John Bowles being Calld to ye barre to answer ye prmisses
      He ye Sd John Saÿeth for plea, yt he is not Guiltÿ and for Trÿall
                                         And yt fallows for Ladÿ ye Queen Richd Macklin pr Dña regina
      putts himselfe upon ye Countrÿ ^ Whereupon Comãnd is Given to ye
      Sherf of Kent Countÿ yt he Immediate Cause to Come here twelve
      &ca bÿ whome &ca who neither &ca to recognize because as well &ca
      And the Said Sherf Saÿeth y he hath here readÿ twelve &ca as bÿ his
      Sd prcept he was Comãnd to witt John Davis John Hurt Anthõ Iveÿ Jno
      Hughes Thomas Ponneÿ Georg Smith Samuell Taÿlor Nicholas Marseÿ
      Richard Moore Richard Mason George Copper Edward Mahar —
      who being Due Elected Trÿed and Sworn Doe Saÿ upon their ~
      oathes wee of ye Jurÿ Doe finde ye prisonr att ye barre
      Guiltÿ of ye premisses wherewth his Stands Charged and Soe
      The Saÿ all —
           Which being bÿ ye Court heard and fullÿ understood yt ye Sd ~
           it bÿ them Considered here this 25th Daÿ of Jarÿ ano Dñi 1703 yt ye Sd
      John Bowles Doe paÿ and Satisfie unto ye Sd James Williams ~
      The four fowld according to ye form of ye act of assemblÿ in
      Cases made and prvided, wth four fowle amounts (bÿ ye Judgmt of
      this Court ) to ye Sume of Eight hundred pounds of tobo, as allsoe yt he
      The Sd John Daÿ paÿ all ffees accrewing, and then Comãnd is Given
      to ye Sherf of Kent Countÿ to take ye Sd John , and putt him halfe
      an hour in ye pillorÿ according to Lawe and after ye Sd halfe —
      hour be Expired that ye Sd Sherf Doe take ye Sd John to ye Whiping
      Post, and there ye Sd John to receive twentÿ Strÿpes upon his bare
      back well Laÿd, And ye Said Sherf maketh retn ye Same Day
      and year ) Endorsed wth These words vizt
                                                   Executed pr me John Hawkins ——



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