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March Court 1715 133 the afd Ruth being Called Came and in her proper person appeared and the afd Indictment being read to her She pleads Guilty and Submits her Selfe to the Court ordered by the Court here that the afd Ruth prove the begitter of her Child that She was delivered of The Said Ruth takes her Corporall Oath on the Holy Evangilists of Almighty God and Saith that John Murphey was the person that did Comitt fornication w.th her and did thereby begitt her with Child which was the last Child She was delivered of. Therefore it is Considered by the Court here viz.t this twenty first day of March Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Ffifteen That the afd Ruth Pillow have on bare back fifteen lashes for her Committing fornication as afd according to Act of Assembly in Such Cases made &ca. and also the Sume of Three hundred and Seven pounds of Tobacco Cost on the Premises ariseing It is Considered by the Court here viz the Same day last mentioned that Mr William Frisby Sherf of Said County take the afd Ruth Pillow to the whyping Post and there to Receive as in the Judgment afd and when Executed to bring her into Court againe Afterwards the Same day last mentioned Came the afd Sherf & made return of His afd precept with the body of the afd Ruth in all things Served and Executed . ordered by the Court here that the Said Ruth pay Ffrancis Collins the Sume of Three hundred pounds of Tobacco it being for the halfe of the Charge about her lying Inn trouble and disgrace of his house at the Same time ordered by the Court here that Surety be gave for the Same . M.r Samuel Wallis of this County Comes into Court and Saith that he will pay the afd Francis Collins the afd Sume of Three hundred pounds of Tobacco for the afd Ruth Pillow ordered by the Court here that the Said Ruth give Surty for the fees ariseing on the Premises afd M.r Samuel Wallis of this County Comes into Court and Saith that he will pay to the officers of this Court all fees ariseing on the premises for the afd Ruth Pillow &ca Jams Smith Clk . |
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