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225 August Court 1717 The Sherf of Said County publishes the Acts of assembly made last Sessions
well before as after at South Sarsafras hundred afd the fear of God before his Eyes not having but by Instigation of the devil did Committ fornication w.th a Certain Rosamond Debrulah and did thereby did begitt a child on the body of the Said Rosamond to ye high Displeasure of Almighty God & to ye evill & pernicious Example of others & against the peace of our Said Lord Proprietarie his rule & dignity & against the form of an Act of Assembly of this province now in force in Such Cases made & provided &ca. Johnson pr Dni proprietarie Billa Vera pr me Thos Ringgold foreman Evidence Rosamond Debrula[h] Thereupon Command was given to the Sherf of Kent County the twentieth day of June in the third Year of his Lord Ships Dominion &ca. That he cause to Come Edward Crew late of South Sarsafras Lower Hundred Planter if he Should be found in his Bailywick that all Excuses and delays be Sett ap.t~ he be and appear before the Justices of our next County Court to be held at our Court house in the Town of Chester in Said County to Answer unto a Certain- presentment found against him by the grand Jury for Committing fornica: :tion with a Certain Rosamond Debrulah &ca. And that he was to have then and there the Said precept~ &ca. Att which Said next Court vizt. the twentieth day of August the Same year last mentioned the day of return of Said precept came Simon Wilmer Gentn. high Sherf of Said County and made return thereof in these words thereon Endorsed as folls vizt. Summoned pr me Simon Wilmer. Sherff- . And the afd Edward being called Came and in his proper person [ap]peared to the afd Indictment~ And the afd Edward comes into Court and Saith that he Cannot gainsay - but that he is guilty of what is layd in the afd Indictment~ and Submits to the Court on the Same Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this twenty first day of August Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen That the afd Edward Crew pay the Sume of Thirty Shillings Currant money debt according to Act~ of Assembly in Such Cases made for his offence of Committing fornication wth. the afd Rosamond Debrulah- as also the Same of two hundred fifty Six pounds of Tobacco Cost accruing on~ the Premises afd The Said Edward Crew acknowledges that the Said Rosamond Debrulah was hired to him in the time that the fornication was Committed ordered by the Court here that the Said Edward pay all Charges on Accot of |
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