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Kent County Court, Proceedings, 1718-1720
Volume 833, Page 210   View pdf image
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    210                                  March Court 1718
   delays be Sett 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 bill of Indictment found by the Grand Jury against her for Committing -
   fornication with a Certain man to the Jurors unknown and thereby did Suffer
   herself to be begott with Child &ca. And that he 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 writ 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 Mary being called came And in her proper person appeared
   to the afd Indictment And the afd Mary Saith that She cannot gainsay
   the Indictment afd but that She is guilty as above against her and Sub:
  :mits to the Court on Same    ordered by the Court here that She Prove
   the begitter And the afd Mary Neale being Sworn in Court Saith that
   a Certain Anthony Debruler was the person that did begett ber with
   Child which was the last She bore .   .   Therefore it is Considered
   by the court here vizt. this Nineteenth day of March Anno Domini one
   thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen That the afd Mary Neale pay
   the Sume of Thirty Shills Currant money her fine for Commiting fornication
   as afd as also the Pay the Sume of Three hundred and fifty Eight pounds
   of Tobacco Cost accruing on the premises afd &ca   ordered that the fine
   afd be Delivered to wch. the Sherf acknowledges to be answerable for
   ordered by the Court She be in Custody till the fees afd payd
   ordered yt Sums Issue agst. Antho Debruler returnable to next Cort. to Answer what Shall be objected agst.
   him on [Acct?] of ye afd Mary Proving him ye begitter of her Child as afd
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   His Ld Ship — | Indictment for fornication
            at | & being Dd base Child venry -
   Margret Oagle Servt | Issued Returnd Endorsed viz
    to James Wilson | Sumd pr S. Wilmer Sherf
  ————————

   His Ld Ship   | Indictmt. abt. horse stealing venry Issued Returnd N:E:
             at |
    Edwd Skinner |
   ———————

   His Lord Ship . | Indictm.t for having Mollato Child Venry Issued Returnd
                at |    N: E ——
   Hannah Litman |
   ——————

   His Lord Ship | The afd George Entrd into Recognizance for his appre.
          ——— | to this Court at last Court   And now the afd George
             at | in his proper person apprs to the Same Recognize.
   George Mecay - | ordered by the Court here That the Same George his
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Recognize and his Suretys Recognize. for his appre. be


discharged
   George Mecay afd his Recognizance taken the Same time last mentioned
   in the Sume of Twenty pounds Sterlg to be Leveyd &ca. Conditionally that if he
   did not make his appearance at this Court and to answer unto what Should
   be objected against him on his Lord Ships behalfe and that in the mean
   time he was to be of good behaviour And now at this Court no person——
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