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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 220b   View pdf image
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          August Court               1724                220
person by means whareof she afterwards to witt the first day of may seventeen hundred and twenty
three at ye County afd within the Jurisdiction afd was delivered of a bastard Child against ye Peace
&c and also against the form of the act of assembly in such Case made & provided &c
                                                                                              L Gale P L ppy
    And now here afterwards to witt the Eighteenth day of august ann Dom one thousand seven hundred
& twenty three four Comes the said Mary Cook and being by the sher of Somersett County sett
to the Barr Information Read pleads not Guilty and submitts to the Mercy of the Court but
Refuseth to declare the father of the Child   Neither hath any Body to pay her fine for the fact
afd   Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the said Mary Cook be whipt at the
publick whiping post with twenty five Lashes on the Bear Back well Laid on untill the blood
appear and as to the Corporall punishm.t afd Command is given to the sherr of of Somersett
County afd that he do thereof Immediate Execution according to the Judgmt afd Rendered by
whiping the afd Mary Cook at the Publick whiping post with twenty five Lashes on the Bear
Back well Laid on untill the blood appear and afterwards in the Same Court the Sher Retains
that he has done the Execution of the Judgm.t afd as to ye Corporall punishm.t afd he was Commanded
And afterwards the Said Mary Cook present in Court makes Oath on the holy Evangelist
that a Certain William Thompson is the father of the Child she stands accused of thereupon Its
Ordered that Capias Issue against the said William Thompson to answer &c Thereupon Ephraim
Willson her Master undertakes for the said Mary Cook and acknowledged himselfe to owe & stand
Justly Indebted unto his Lordship the Lord proprietary in the sum of ten pounds Sterr to be
Levied on his Body goods or Chattles Lands or tenements for the use of Somersett County In Case
he doth not return ye said Mary Cook to Somersett County at the Expiration of her servitude
or to the sher of the County &c

       William Taylor of Somersett County Gentl: appears according to his Recognizance Entered into
before the honrble Joseph Gray Esq.r and is discharged and is ordered to give New recognizance for
his appearance at Novem Court next and prosecute a Certain Samuel Riggin and Daniel Hall of
Somersett County on an action of assault &c    Thereupon the said William Taylor of present
in Court acknowledged himselfe to Owe & Stand Justly Indebted unto his Lordship the Lord
proprietary in the sum of ten pounds sterr  Each to be Levied on his body Goods or Chattells
Lands or tenements for the Use of his said Lordship  In Case the said William Taylor do not make
his personall appearance before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somersett at dividing
Creek ye third tuesday of November Next and Prosecute the said Samuell Riggin and Daniell Hull
in an action of assault &c


W.m Bratton Jun.r
Chose Guardian
 William Bratton Jun.r being of full years according to Law Comes into Court
and prays that he may have the Liberty to Chose his Uncle Samuell Bratton as
                                                                                                                                                 (his)


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