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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 191b   View pdf image
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    June Court        1724                191
seven hundred and twenty three at the parish afd in the County afd the afd Jane Duckett was delivered
of a bastard Child against the peace of the said Lord proprietary his good rule & dignity and also against
yt form of the act of assembly in such Case made & provided &c    L Gale P Lorpy
On the Back side of the foregoeing Bill of Indictm.t it was thus Endorst vizt Billa vera Adam Hitch
foreman                                                      Thereupon Command was given to the sherr of Somersett
County that he Should take the said Jane Duckett of Stepney Parish in the County afd 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 June ^then^ next to answer unto his Lordship Concerning a Certain present Inditm.t against her found
and that thereof he should not fail &c
          Att which said third tuesday of June to witt the sixteenth day of the same month anno Dom one
thousand seven hundred and twenty four being ye Day of the return of the said Writt Comes the Sherr of
Somersett County to whom the foregoeing writt was directed  And makes Return thereof to the Court here Endorst
in these words vizt         Cepi Corpus P Joseph MccClester Sherr

          Whereupon the said Jane Duckett in her own proper person appears and ^being^ sett to the Barr Indictmt
Read is thereupon Instantly demanded how she would acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd says that of
the premisses afd she is guilty thereof and makes oath that a Certain Hugh MccClester is the begetter of the
Child she stands Indicted for and is willing to pay her fine for the fact afd
             Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices that the said Jane Duckett be fined to his Lordship the
sum of six hundred pounds of tobacco for the fact afd  thereupon the said Jane Duckett is ordered to
give Security for the fine afd & all the fees that accrewed upon the Indictm.t afd unto the severall officers
thereupon a Certain John Barkley present in Court acknowledged himselfe to owe & stand Justly Indebted
unto his Lordship the Lord proprietary in Case he ten pounds ster to be Levied &c  In Case he doth not pay
the fine afd & the severall officers their fees due upon the Indictmt afd &c


His Lordship
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Benj.a Tull
 Somersett fs:   The Jurors for the Right honourable the Lord proprietary of this province
that now is for the body of Somersett County upon their oath do present that Benj.a Tull
Late of all hollows parish in the County afd planter the tenth day of august one thousand
       seven hundred and twenty two at allhollows parish in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this
Court did Committ adultery with a Certain Mary Tull Lately Called Mary Ennis against the peace of
the said Lord proprietary his good rule & Dignity and also against the form of the act of assembly in
such Case made & provided &c             L Gale P Lorpy
    On the Backside of the foregoing Bill of Indictmt it was thus Endorst vizt Billa vera Adam Hitch foreman
    Thereupon Command was given to the sherr of Somersett County that he should take the said Benj.a
Tull if he should be found in his Bailywick and him should Safe Keep so that he might have his body
before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somersett the third to be held at dividing Creek the
third tuesday of June then Next ^to answer unto his Lordship Concerning a bill of Indictmt agt him found &c ^ and that thereof he should not fail &c
                                                                                                                                              (Att)



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