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March Court
1724
268 by the Indictm.t above is Imposed upon her says that of the felony so as afd upon her Imposed she is Noways guilty thereof and thereof for tryall putts herselfe upon the County and Levin Gale who for his said Lordship in this Behalfe prosecutes Likewise Thereupon Command is given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he Immediately Cause to Come here twelve &c by whom &c who Neither &c to Recognize &c because as well &c of which said Preceipt the said Sherr to witt Joseph MccClester Gent makes Return that he hath here Ready twelve &c as by his preceipt he was Commanded and the Jurors of that Jury therein Impannelled being Called Came to witt Adam Spence Sen.r John Fleming Peter Frazer Charles Townsend, Samuel Alexander, Underwood Rencher, Robert Mitchell James Round, W.m Bratton, Thomas Collier, Rich.d Chambers, John Kellem who being duely Elected tryed and sworn to say the truth in the premisses upon their Oath do say that as to the feloniously stealing of the Bodice and one gallon of syder Brandy in the Indictm.t mentioned the said Mary Cook is Guilty thereof but as to the Linnen Sheet and four Gallons of syder brandy Residue of the five Gallons mentioned the said Mary Cook is not Guilty thereof Whereupon the Justices here valued the one Gallon of syder Brandy by the Jurors afd found to be stolen to two shillings and six pence Curr.t money Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices that the said Mary Cook pay unto Eleanor Ervin the party deprived four fould of the value of the one Gallon of Brandy afd found to be stolen amounting in the whole to tenn shillings Curr.t money and that the said Mary Cook be whipt at the publick whiping post with twelve Lashes on the bare Back well Laid on untill the blood appear and that she stand in the pillowry halfe an hour and that she be taken &c and thereupon as to the Corporall Punishm.t afd Command is given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he doe thereof Immediate Execution according to the Judgm.t afd Rendered by whiping the afd Mary Cook at the publick whiping post with twelve Lashes well Laid on untill the blood appear and by sitting her in the pillowry halfe an hour And afterwards in the same Court the Sherr Returns that he has done the Execution of the Judgm.t afd as to the Corporall Punishm.t afd he was Commanded Whereupon Ephraim Willson of Somersett County Gent Master of the said Mary Cook Makes it appear to this Court that the said Mary Cook had absented herselfe and runaway twelve days from out of his service who is adjudged to serve seven days of one which amounts to Eighty four days Likewise her said Master produceth an acco.t to this Court for Charges and trouble he was at in sending after and takeing up the said Mary Cook amounting to three pounds two shillings for which the said Mary Cook is adjudged to serve her said Master the full term of time of twelve Months which said service by the said Mary Cook; to serve her said Master Ephraim Willson his heirs or assigns being adjudged full satisfaction for Runaway time trouble & Charge in takeing up when Runaway ^amounts^ to twelve Months and Eighty four (days) |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
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