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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 24   View pdf image
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        June Court               1725               24

John Scarbrough foreman      Thereupon Command is Given to the Sherr of Somersett County that
he should take the said James Duncan if &c to answer &c and now hereafterwards to witt the fifteenth
day of June ann Dom One thousand seven hundred and twenty five Came the said James Duncan in Custody
of the Sherr of Somersett County and thereupon the Said James Duncan being by the Sherr sett
to the barr (Indictm.t read) is Instantly demanded how he would acquitt himselfe of the premisses ^felony^
afd saith that of the felony afd as by the Indictm.t afd upon him is Imposed he is Guilty thereof
and puts himselfe in Mercy of the Lord proprietary

          Wherefore it is Considered by the Court here that the afd James Duncan be whipt with twenty
five Lashes on the bear Back well Laid on untill the blood appear and that he stand in the Pillowry
One quarter of an hour and that he be taken &c  And thereupon as to the Corporall punishm.t afd Command
is Given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he do thereof Immediate Execution according to the Judgmt
afd rendered by whiping the afd James Dencan with twenty five Lashes (on the bear Back well Laid on untill
the blood appear) at the Publick whiping post and by setting him in the Pillowry one quarter of
an hour and afterwards in the Same Court the Sherr Returns that he hath done the Execution of the
Judgm.t afd as to the Corporall punishm.t afd he was Commanded &c and also it is Considered that the
afd James Duncan pay unto Thomas Peal the Party deprived the four fold of the value of the ^tobacco^ gone afd
stolen which amounts to One hundred & Sixty pounds of tobacco         Wherefore It's Ordered that the
said James Duncan Return home to his Master John Scotts Service and that the said Scott Return
him to the County Court or Sherr of the County at the Expiration of his Servitude to reemburst to the
County what tobacco has accrewed by Occasion of the premisses &c 


GD:  Henry Toadvine
                       agt
    Jonathan Raymond
 morand.m the plft by his attorney Sued Out his Lordships Writt of Scire facias against
ye Deft the tenor whereof followeth in these words viz.t
Somersett County fs    Charles absolute Lord and proprietary of the provinces of
    of maryland and avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To the Sherr of Somersett County Greeting Wee Can
    Whereas a Certain Henry Toadvine of Somersett County planter Lately in Our County Court of Somersett to witt
    on the Eighteenth day of June in the Eighth Year of Our Dominion &c  Ann Dom One thousand seven
    hundred & twenty three before the worshipfull Charles Ballard Gent and his associats Justices of Our said
    Court and by Consideration of Our said Court Recovered against a Certain Jonathan Raymond of Stepney
    Parish in Somersett County Planter as well the Sum or quantity of two hundred & fifty Gallons of Cyder
    Certain Damages as also the Sum of two hundred & Ninty four pounds of tobacco Costs of Suite by the Court
    here adjudged unto him for his Costs and Charges by him about his Suite in this behalfe Laid Out and
    Expended &c whereof he is Convict as by the record & process thereof in Our Said Court remaining
                                                                                                                                        (manifestly)


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