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June Court 1725
20 Whereupon the said Hones Esther Jenckins being by the Sherr sett to the barr Indictm.t Read pleads Guilty and putts herselfe in Mercy of the Lord proprietary and makes Oath that a Certain Richard Relewery is the begetter of the Child she stands presented for but hath nothing to pay her fine for the fact afd Wherefore it is ordered by the Court that the said Ester Jenckins be whiped with fifteen Lashes on the Bear Baick well Laid on untill the blood appear and as to the Corporall punishmt afd Command is given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he do thereof Immediate Execution by whiping the afd Ester Jenckins at the publick whiping post with fifteen Lashes on the bear back well Laid on untill the blood appear and afterwards in the Same Court the said Sherr Return's that he has done the Execution of the Judgm.t afd as to the Corporal punishm.t afd he was Commanded &c Whereupon the said Ester Jenckins is Ordered to give security for all the officers fees due by occasion of the premisses afd thereupon a Certain Absolom ford Cometh into Court and Confesseth Judgmt unto the Severall Officers ^for their^ fees due by occasion of the premisses Likewise the said Absalom ford undertakes for the said Esther Jenckins in ten pounds Sterr to be Levied on his goods or Chattels Lands or tenements for the Use of the said Lord proprietary In Case the said Esther Jenckins doe not make her personall appearance before the Justices of the County Court to be held at deviding Creek the third tuesday of August next to give Evidence against a Certain Richard Pelavery &c
said Samuel Taylor of Coventry Parish Planter if he should be found in his Bailywick and him should safe Keep so that he might have his body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of of Somersett the to be held at Dividing Creek the third tuesday of June then next to answer unto his said Lordship Concerning a Certain Presentm.t against him found &c and that thereof he should not fail &c Att which said third tuesday of June ^to witt^ being the fifteenth day of the same month ann.o Dom One thousand seven hundred & twenty five being the day of the return of the said Writt Cometh the said Sherr to whom the foregoeing writt was directed and maketh Return thereof to the Court here Endorsed in these words following vizt Cepi Corpus p Jose: MccClester Sherr Whereupon the said Samuel Taylor being sett to the Barr Presentm.t Read pleads not guilty and for tryall thereof putts himselfe upon the Country and Levin Gale his Lordships attorney who for his said Lordship in this Behalfe Prosecuted Likewise Whereupon the said Ann Beall Samuel Taylor Relinquisheth his verification afd above pleaded And says that of the premisses afd so as afd upon him Imposed he is guilty thereof (and) |
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