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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
Volume 839, Page 89   View pdf image
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August Court               1723                89
       Solemnly Called Brings not in the Body of the said Mary Deacent according to the return of his writt in the
       plea afd but humbly prays the Court that day may be given him till next Court to bring in the said Mary
       Deacent to answer &c which is granted &c
          Att which said next Court to witt the twentyeth day of august ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and
          twenty three Comes the said Mary Deacent here into Court in her proper person ^and^ prays hearing of the presentm.t
          afd and tis read to her which being read and heard she says that the said Presentm.t and the Matter in
          the same Contained are Insufficient in law to Charge her Bearing a Bastard Child and that she to that
          presentmt in manner and form afd hath noe need nor by the law of the Land is she held to answer and
       this she is ready to verifie wherefore she prays Judgmt and that she may be discharged &c
                                                                                                                   Mary Deacent


       And the said Lord proprietary by William Tazewell who prosecutes for his said Lord proprietary
       in the County afd saith that the Plea of Demurer of the deft to the presentm.t afd and the matter in the same
       Contained are not Sufficient in Law to acquit her the said Mary from being Charged by the Presentm.t afd
       for bearing a bastard Child and that his Said Lord proprietary to that demurer in manner and form afd made
       hath use need nor by the Law of Land is Bound to answer and this he is ready to very wherefore for want
       of a sufficient plea in this part the the said Tazewell who &c prays Judgm.t and that the said Mary
       may be Convicted on the said Presentment            Tazewell P Lopp
       and the said Mary Joyns in Demurrer      Mary Deacent

                Whereupon all and singular the Premisses by the Court here seen heard and fully understood
       and mature deliberation thereupon had it seems to the Court here that the ^plea of^ Demurrer afd of the
       afd Mary Deacent and the mother in the same Contained are not good nor Sufficient in the Law  
       to discharge her the Said Mary from the Presentm.t afd &c

                 Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here the twentieth day of August ann Dom
       One thousand seven hundred and twenty three afd that the said Mary Deacent be fined to his Lordship
       the Lord proprietarie his heirs and successors the sume of thirty shillings Curr.t money ^for the fact afd^ which money
       the said Mary Deacent paid in Court thereupon the said Mary Deacent is discharged M.r Levin Gale
       undertakes to pay the severall Officers their fees due by action of the Premisses &c


John Records
appointed Overseer
 August the 19  1723    To his Lordships Worshipfull Justices of the Peace now in Court
Sitting the humble Petition of John Records Sen.r Sheweth that whereas your petitioner
                      was appointed Overseer of his Lordships roads that was to be Laid Out by M.r Benj.a Wailes and
       Cap.t Joseph MccClester but near was done and now throw the many Stormes and Gusts the roads is in
       bad Order from Hutchin's Ferry to tusakey Branch and if your worships se fitt to give me an Order
       for to Clear the fore mentioned road which is in Length about fourteen miles and I shall also inform
       your worships of the inhabitants that Lives near to the said road      Richard Nicholson, Rich.d Nicholson Jun
                                                                                                                                                      (James)


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1723-1725
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