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June Court
1725 21 him by the Oath of Severall Witnesses &c Wherefore it is Considered by the Court here this fifteenth day of June ann Dom One thousand Seven hundred and fi twenty five that the said James Polk be fined to his Lordship for the fact afd five hundred pounds of tobacco thereupon the said James Polk is paid five pounds Curr.t money in the Lieu of the said five hundred pounds of tobacco ^which was accepted of by the Court^ thereupon the Said James Polk is discharged he paying the Severall Officers their Fees due by means of the premisses afd &c thereupon Its ordered that the same James Polke Give recognizance for his good behaviour & appearance at Next Court Jame Polke ^Entered into^ Recognizance in forty pds Sterr Lewis rigsby & Richard King his securitys in twenty pounds Ster Each for James Polk's appearance & good behaviour at Next Court
Inform'd that Ann Harper wife of John Harper Late of Coventry Parish Planter in the County afd the tenth day of aprill seventeen hundred & twenty five at the Parish afd in the County afd within the Jurisdiction of this Court with force and Armes in and upon a Certain Jane Mathews in the peace of God and Our said Lord Proprietary then and there being an assault did make and her did beat wound and Evilly treat so that of the said Janes Life it was despaired and Other harmes to the said Jane then and there did do to the Great damage of the same Jane and against the Peace &c whereof the said Levin for the said Lord proprietary prays advisement of the Court &c Levin Gale Cler Indictm.ts Whereupon the said Ann Harper in her own proper person appears and being sett to the Barr (Information read) pleads guilty and putts herselfe in Mercy of the Lord proprietary and prays that she may be admitted to make fine to the said Lord proprietary for the fact afd Wherefore it is Considered by the Court here that the said Ann Harper wife of the afd John Harper be fined to his said Lordship the Lord proprietary fifty pounds of tobacco for the fact afd whereupon the said Ann Harper is Ordered to give Security for the payment of the fine afd & the Severall Officers their fees due by Occasion of the premisses afd &c Thereupon the afd John Harper Husband of the afd Ann Harper present herein Court undertakes for the said Ann Harper to pay the fine afd and the severall Officers their Fees due by Occasion of the premisses afd &c
planter and Benjamin Esome Late of the same Parish and County Planter the tenth day of February (seventeen) |
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