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June Court
1724
192 Att which said third tuesday of June to witt the Sixteenth day of the same month ann Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty four Being the day of the said Writt Comes the said sherr of Somersett County to whom the foregoeing writt was directed Comes & makes thereof to the Court here Endorst viz.t Cepi Corpus P Jos: MccClester Sher Whereupon the said Benja Tull in his own proper person appears and being sett to the Barr is thereupon Instantly demanded how he would acquitt himselfe of the premises afd says that of the premisses afd he is guilty thereof and is willing to pay three pounds Curr.t mony for the fact afd Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the said Benjamin Tull be fined to his Lordship the Right honourable the Lord proprietary of this province three pounds Curr.t mony for the fact afd thereupon the said Benj.a Tull is Committed into the Custody of the sher of Somersett County there to remain untill he pays the fine afd and all the fees that accrewed upon the Indictm.t afd unto the severall officers the said sher being present took Charge of the said Benja Tull accordingly &c
hundred and twenty three at ye Parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court Committed fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors altogether unknown by reason whereof the said Joan Stack afterwards that is to say the tenth day of January one thousand seven hundred & twenty three at ye Parish afd in the County afd within the afd Jurisdiction was delivered of a bastard Child against ye Peace of the Lord proprietary afd his good rule & Dignity and also against the form of the act of assembly in such Case made & provide &c Levin Gale P Dom Propy On ye Back of the foregoeing Bill of Indictmt it was thus Endorst viz.t Billa vera Adam Hitch foreman
God before her Eyes not having but being seduced & Led away by the Instigation of the devill the day of June ann Dom One thousand seven hundred & twenty three at ye parish & County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court did Committ fornication with a Certain person to this Inquest unknown by reason whereof the said Eliza Townsend on the day of ann Dom one thousand seven hundred & twenty at the parish & County afd was delivered of a bastard Child against ye peace &c and agt ye form of the act of assembly in such Case made & provide &c on the Backside of ye foregoing Bill of Indictm.t it was thus Endorst Billa vera Ja Mackmorie foreman |
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