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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 268   View pdf image
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                   June Court       1727        268

Jurors of that Jury therein Impannelled being Called Came to witt William Holland Thomas Newbold
W.m Dixon, Thomas Laws, Thomas Peal, Charles Townsend, Isaac Marshall, Will.m Corde, Isaac
Brittingham George Benston ^Jno Hitch^ and Robert Collier who being duely Elected tryed and Sworn to
Say the truth in the premisses ^afd^ upon their Oath do say that the afd William George is guilty
of the felony ^afd^ whereof he stands Indicted as by the Indictmt above upon him Imposed

          Whereupon the Justices here ^according to act of assembly^ valued the Bell and Hoppells in the Indictm.t afd mentioned
to forty pounds of tobacco   Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the afd
William George pay unto the said John Lingly the party deprived four fold of the value of
the Bell and Hoppells afd amounting in the whole to one hundred and sixty pounds of tobo
(being valued to forty pounds of tobacco by the Justices as aforesaid) and that the said W.m
George be whipt ^at the publick whiping post^ with ten Lashes on the bare back well Laid on untill the Blood appear
and that he stand in the pillowry a quarter of an hour and that he be taken &c and thereupon
as to the Corporall Punishm.t ^and pillowring^ afd Command is given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he
do thereof Immediate Execution according to the Judgm.t afd Rendered by whiping of the afd Will.m
George at the Publick whiping Post with ten Lashes on the Bare back well Laid on untill the
the blood appear and by putting him in the Pillowry a quarter of an hour afterwards in the same
Court ^came^ the sherr & Returned that he hath done the Execution of the Judgm.t afd as to the Corporall punishment
^and Pillowring^ afd he was Commanded thereupon the said William George is discharged from the Indictm.t
afd he paying the severally Officers their fees due by occasion of the premisses afd &c


Jn.o Brittingham Jun.r
        Pet.n
 To the Worshipfull Justices of Somersett County Court in Court sitting
the humble Petition of John Brittingham of this County Most
                   humbly sheweth   That whereas your petitioner hath a Brother who by the death
of his hon.rd father Samuel Brittingham is Left to the Care of your said Petitioner which Brother
named Samuel is and Ever is Like so to Continue Lame on one side Both his arm and Legg
being so bound whereby he is utterly uncapable of any Labour towards his maintainance
and being arrived t the age of Sixteen is become a Taxable your Petitioner most humbly
Prays your worships to Consider of his Lame and weake Condition and order that he may
be Discharged from Paying of Taxes and your Petitioner as in Duty Bound Shall
Ever Pray                                                   The petition afd being Read and heard and
the premisses Considered   It's thereupon ordered by the Court that the afd Samuel brother
to the afd John Brittingham be for the future tax free as by the Pet.n afd is pray'd &c


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