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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 149   View pdf image
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       March Court               1723            149
His Lordship
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Eliza Burcher
 Somersett County fs:          The Jurors for his Lordship Charles absolute Lord & Proprietary of the

Provinces of maryland &c for the Body of Somersett County Greeting upon their Oath do present
                      Elizabeth Burcher of Coventry parish in the County afd Spinster for that the said Elizabeth the fear
       of God before her Eyes not having but being Seduced & Led away by the Instigation of the Devill the day
       of             Ann Dom seventeen hundred & twenty three at the Parish and County afd did Committ fornication with
       a Certain person to this Inquest unknown by reason whereof the said Elizabeth Burcher on the                  day of
       Ann Dom Seventeen hundred & twenty three at the Parish and County afd was delivered of a bastard Child ag.t
       the peace &c and against the form of an act of assembly of this province Now in force in Such Case made & provided &c
       On the Back of the foregoeing Bill it was thus Endorst vizt Billa Vera Jams Mackmorie Foreman
                Thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he should take the said Elizabeth
       Burcher of Coventry parish in Somersett County Spinster if she should be found in his Bailywick and her should
       Safe Keep so that he might have her Body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somersett to be held
       at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of march then next to answer unto his Lordship Concerning a bill of Indictm.t
       against her found and that thereof he should not fail &c
                                                 Att which said third tuesday of march to witt the seventeenth day of the same month
       ann Dom One thousand Seven hundred & twenty three being the day of the return of the afd Writt Cometh the
       Sherr of Somersett County and maketh return thereof to the Court here Endorst in these words vizt
                                                                                                                Cepi Corpus P Joseph MccClester Sherr

       Whereupon the said Elizabeth Burcher in her own proper person appears and being sett to the Barr
       is thereupon Instantlyth demanded how she would acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd above Imposed
       upon her says that of the premisses afd she is guilty thereof and submitts to the Mercy of the Court and makes
       oath that  Certain Thomas Sherd is the begetter of the Child she stands Indicted for & pays thirty Shillings
       for her fine for the fact afd &c                        Therefore It is Considered by the Justices here that the said
       Elizabeth Burcher be fined to his Lordship thirty Shillings for the fact afd (which fine was paid ^by Mr Francis Allen^ unto M.r John
       Caldwell (by order of Court) on acco.t of George Greer) thereupon the said Eliza Burcher is discharged paying
       the severall officers their fees due by action of the premisses &c

Thomas Walker, Sarah Walker sen, Sarah Walker Jun, Susannah Walker & Mary Walker appears according to
their Recognizance Entered into Last Court and forasmuch as Nothing Could be Objected against them whey they should
be Continue ^Longer^ Bound &c    thereupon they & Every One of them were accordingly discharged from the same recognizance &c


William Robinson's

Committmt
 Somersett County fs:    William Planner one of his Lordships Justices for the County afd     To Joseph

MccClester high Sherr greeting I have with all sent you the Body of Will.m Robinson he being
                         suspected for Beggering a Certain Gray mare belonging to Joseph Porter that he appears before
       our County Court held at Dividing Creek ye 3d tuesday in march next and him safely Keep till he be delivered
       by due Course of Law Given under my hand this 30.th day of Janry 17234      Will Planner   (Seal)
                                                                                                                            (att)


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
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