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days & times as well before as after the fear of God before her Eyes not having but by the Instigation of the devill did Commit fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors unknown to the high displeasure of Almighty God the evill & pernicious example of others & against the forme of an Act of Assembly of this Province now in force in Such Cases made & provided Johnson pr Dño prpr. on the back of the preceeding Indictmt. was Endorsed as folls vizt. True Bill pr John Evans foreman And A veniry Issued to cause the afd Mary to apr. to Answer the Indictment afd. And The afd Mary in her proper person aprd to the afd Indictment~ And this Court orders that~ She prove who was the person that Committed fornication with her but She denys And the Said Mary Saith that She Cannot deny but that She is guilty of what is layd in the afd Indictment~ and Submits to the Court on Same Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this Twentieth day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seven : :teen That the afd Mary King have on her bare back Twenty one lashes on her bare back And pay the ffees accruing on the premises to the officers of this Court It is likewise Considered by the Court here viz the Same day last~ mentioned That the Sherf of Said County Execute the Judgment and then return the Said precept with the body of the Said Mary And the Sherf. of Said County came the Same day last mentioned with the body of the Said Mary and returnd as folls vizt. Executed pr Simon Wilmer Shr. ordered by the Court here That the Said Mary be kept in Custody by the Sherf of Sd County untill She Shall pays the fees on the premises afd Jams Smith Clk |
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