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November Court 1718 [153] Richard Willis of this County Acknowledges a Conveyance for two hundred Acres of Land part of a tract called Cunney Warren to Willam Graves Grand Jury returns to the barr the bills of Indictment as folls vizt. one against Edward Skinner for Stealing one black Horse one against Margret Oagle (Sert to James Wilson) for Committing fornication one against Hannah Litman fornication dr Molato Child one against Margret Murrough fornication dd Molato Child Sert to Colo Tho Smyth one against Mary Neale fornication dd Child one against Elenor Hissitt assaulting Wm Elliott one against Wm Elliott assaulting Elenor Hissett one against Same working on the Lords day &ca Grand jury discharged and allowed at Wm Glanvills five hundred pounds Tobacco the Same to be allowed him in the Levey
God before her Eyes not having but by the Instigation of the devill did Commit fornication with a Certain James Dill to the high displeasure of almighty God to the evill and pernicious example of others and against the peace of our Said Lord Propry his rule and dignity and against the form of an Act of Assembly of this Province now in force in Such Cases made and Provided Johnson pr Dno Propr Under the preceeding bill was as folls vizt. True Bill Cha Ringgold foreman and the afd Eliz.a in her proper person appeared to the afd Indictment ordered by the Court here that the afd Eliza prove the begittr of the afd Child The afd Eliz having taken her oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God Saith that a Certain James Dill was the person that begatt her with Child which was the last She bore And the Same Submits to the Court and Saith that She Cannot gainsay but that She is guilty as above Sett forth against her Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this twentieth day of November Annoq Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen That the afd Elizabeth Lock have on her bare back thirteen Lashes till the blood appear for her offence as also that She pay the Sume of Three hundred and Twenty nine pounds of Tobacco Cost arrising on the premises afd It is Considered by the Court here vizt. the Same day last mentioned That the Sherrife of Said County take the afd Elizabeth Lock to the |
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