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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 193b   View pdf image
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       June Court    1724                       192
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John Hays
Priscilla Langston
 Wee of the Grand Jury do present Priscilla Langston for bearing a bastard Child
                                                                           W.m Turpin foreman
Thereupon Command is given to the sherr of Somersett County that he should
take Priscilla Langston if &c to answer &c and afterwards in the same Court
       Comes the said Priscilla Langston in Custody of the sher and being sett to the Barr (presentmt
Read) pleads guilty and submits to the mercy of the Court & ^and makes oath that a Certain Jno Huggins is the begetter of ye Child her hands presented for^ but hath not wherewithall to pay her fine
for the fact afd                  Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the said Priscilla Langston be
had to the Publick whiping post and there be whipt with ten Lashes on the Bear Back well Laid on untill
the Blood appear and that she be taken &c and thereupon as to the Corporall punishmt afd
Command is given to the sherr of Somersett County that he do thereof Immediate Ex.n according to the
Judgmt afd rendered by whiping the afd Priscilla Langston at the publick whiping post with ten Lashes
on the Bear Back well Laid on untill the Blood appear and afterwards in the same Court the sherr
Returns that he hath done the Execution of the Judgmt afd as to the Corporal Punishmt afd he was Commanded
Officers their fees due upon the presentm.t afd  Thereupon a Certain John Huggins of somersett County
present here in Court acknowledged himselfe to owe & stand Justly Indebted unto his Lordship in the
sum of ten pounds ster &c in Case he doth not pay the severall officers their fees due on the presentmt
afd &c


The same
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John Huggins
 We of the Grand Jury do present John Huggins for begetting a bastard Child on ye
Body of Priscilla Langston                 W.m Turpin foreman
Thereupon Command was given to the sherr of Somersett County that he should take
          the said John Huggins if &c to answer &c and afterward in the same Court Comes the said John
Huggins in Custody of the sherr and being set to the Barr (present Read) pleads guilty and submits
to the Mercy of the Court and is willing to pay thirty Shillings for his fine for the fact afd
                   Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the said John Huggins be fined to his
Lordship thirty Shillings for the fact afd which fine is paid down here in Court to Mr Joseph Gray
thereupon the said John Huggins is discharged giving security for the paym.t of the severall officers
their fees due of upon the presentm.t afd   Whereupon Richard Ellingsworth present in Court
acknowledged himselfe to Owe & Stand Justly Indebted unto his Lordship in ten pounds sterr to be
Levied &c In Case he doth not pay unto the severall officers their fees due upon the presentmt afd

           Solomon Colebourn appears according to his Recognizance Entered into Last Court and is discharged

       Richard Tiler appears according to his Recognizance Entered into Last Court to answer a Certain
Contempt by him Committed and done in not obeying a Certain Somons Issued from a Certain James Dashiell
One of the Justices of Somersett County he the said Richard Tiler being Legally Sumoned &c
Whereupon the said Richard Tiler being demanded the reason wherefore he disobeyed and
                                                                                                                      (Contemned)       


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