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November Court 1718 155 appeare at the next County Court to be held for Said County and to answer as afd and in the meantime he is to be of good behaviour wherewith he acknowledges himself Content
having but by the Instigation of the devill did Committ fornication with a Certain John Haynes & thereby did Suffer herself to be gott with Child to the high displeasure of Almighty God to the evill and pernicious example of others and against the peace of our Said Lord propr. his rule & dignity against the form of an Act of Assembly of this Province now in force in Such Cases made & provided Johnson pr Dno Propr under the preceeding bill was as folls vizt. True bill Cha Ringgold foreman and the afd Rachell being called came and in her proper person appeared to the afd Indictment ordered by the Court here that She prove the begitter of the afd Child . After having taken her oath Saith that A Certain John Haynes was the person Committed fornication with her and thereby did - begitt the last Child She bore . And the afd Rachell Submits to the Court on the Same and Saith that she Cannot gainsay the accõn afd but that She is guilty as above Sett forth 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 Rachell Newsam have on her bare back nine Lashes well laid on till the blood appear and pay the Sume of Three hundred and four pounds of Tobacco Cost accruing 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 Rachell Newsam and Carry her to the publick whyping Post and to Execute the Lashes as in the Judgmt. afd and then to bring her into Court againe afterwards vizt the Same day last mentioned Came the Sherrife of Said County and returned his precept against the afd Rachell as folls vizt. In all things Served and Executed pr Simon Wilmer Sherf ordered by the Court here that as it appears the begitter of the afd Child that the afd Rachell Newsam Serve two months it being for half the Charge of Lying Inn trouble loss of time and disgracce of the house and that She Serve the Same time at the expiration of her time of Service and also that the afd John Haynes make up for two months at the Expiration of his time ordered that She be delivered at the Expiration of her time &ca Jams Smith Clk |
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