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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720
Volume 833, Page 205   View pdf image
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                                    March Court 1718                                       205  
   against the afd John Porter to answer unto the afd offence—
     Roger Hix comes into Court and assumes to pay for the afd Mary ——
    Jackson the fees due from her to the officers of this Court
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   His Ld Ship | The Grand Jury having prsented the afd Margret
          at | at Novembr. Court last And the Same prsentment
   Margret Murrough | was by John Johnson Clarke of the Indictments
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framed into a bill as folls vizt. Kent County Ss The
   Jurors for the Honble The Lord proprietarie and the body of Kent County upon
   their oath do present that Margret Murrough late of Eastern Neck Hundred in
   the County afd the first day of October in the Year of our Lord one Thousand
   Seven hundred & Eighteen at Eastern Neck Hundred in the County afd &
   within the Jurisdiciõn of this Court the fear of God before her eyes not having
   but by the Instigation of the devill did Comit fornication with a Certain—
   Negro man to the Jurors unknown and thereby did Suffer herself to be—
   begott with a mollatoe Child to the high displeasure of Almight God the
   evil Example of others & against the Peace of our Said Lord Proprietarie
   his rule and dignity & against the form of an Act of Assembly of this —
   Province now in force in Such Cases made & provided Johnson pr Dnõ propr.
   under the preceeding bill was as folls vizt. Billa vera   Charles Ringgold
   foreman—
    Thereupon Command was given to the Sherf of Kent County the
   twenty Second day of November in the fourth Year of his Lord Ships
   dominion &ca That he Cause to come Margret Murrough late of Eastern
   Neck Hundred in the County afd if She Should be found in his Bailywick
   that all Excuses and delays be Sitt apart She 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 Indictment
   found against her for Committing with a certain^Negroman to the Jurors unknown
   and thereby did Suffer her Self to be begott with Child &ca. And that She—
   have then and there the Said precept &ca.
    Att which Said next Court vizt. the Seventeenth day of March the Same
   year last mentioned the day of return of Said precept came Simon—
   Wilmer Gent. high Sherf of Said County and made return thereof in—
   these words thereon Endorsed as folls vizt. Sumd pr Simon Wilmer Sherf
    and the afd Margret in her proper person appears to the Same And
   the Same being Read to her as afd She pleads not guilty and for
   tryall puts her Selfe on the Country   Mr. John Johnson Clarke of—
   the Indictments in formes the Court that he hath no Evidence
   to prove the fact afd on which he prays leave of the Court to Enter
   a nole prosequi which is granted andt hat the Same Indictment be
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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720
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