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March Court 1717 29 And the afd Elizabeth in her proper person appeared to the afd Indictment~ ordered by the Court here that the Said Elizabeth prove who was the person that Committed fornication with her as afd layd denys to prove the Same But Saith that She Cannot gainsay but that She is guilty of the fornication layd in the afd Indictment and Submits to the Court on the Same. Therefore it is Considered by the Court here vizt. this Twentieth day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen That the afd Elizabeth Dawson Receive on her bare back Twenty one lashes punishment for Committing the offence of fornication afd as also pay the Cost to the officers of this Court on the premises being three hundred & two pounds of Tobacco It is Likewise Considered by the Court here vizt. the Same day last mentioned That the Sherf of Said County Execute the Judgment afd and then to bring the Said Elizabeth Dawson in to Court againe After which the Same day last mentioned came the Sherf of Sd County and with the body of the afd Elizabeth Dawson and made~ return of his precept against her Endorsed as folls viz. Executed . pr Simon Wilmer Sherf ordered by the Court here that the Said Elizabeth Dawson be delivered to the Sherf or Court at the Expiration of her time to pay ye fees the County pays for her being three hundred and three pounds of Tobacco Jams Smith Clk~
in the Sume of Twenty pounds Sterlg. to be Leveyed &ca. Conditionally that he was to be of good behaviour to all &ca. but Especially to Colo Nathl Hynson and now at this Court no perosn Shewing any cause why the Said Recognizance Should not be discharged this Court here discharges the Same Daniel Flinn & Benjamin Griffith at the Same Court afd Entered into Recognizance in the Sume of Tenn pounds Sterling Each for the appearce and Good behaviour as afd. And no person Shewing any cause why the Sd Recognizances Should not be discharged This Court here discharges . the Said Recognizances each of them . |
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