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March
Court
1725
97 wherefore it is Considered by the Court that the said Isabel Eaton be whiped with fifteen Lashes at the publick whiping post on the bare back well Laid on untill the blood appear & that she 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 by whiping the afd Isabell Eaton 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 Sherr Returns that he hath done the Execution of the Judgm.t afd as to the Corporall Punishm.t afd he was Commanded thereupon the Said Isabel Eaton is discharged She giveing Security for Fees &c thereupon Abraham Cordery and Daniel Cordery and Daniel Cordery both of Somersett County Gent Present here in Court undertakes for the Said Isabell Eaton to pay the Severall Officers their fees due by occasion of the Premisses afd &c
Thereupon Command was given to y.e sherr of Somersett County that he Should take the Said Elizabeth Downes of Stepney parrish if &c to answer &c and afterwards in the same Court Came the said Elizabeth Downes in Custody of the Sherr of Somersett County and being by the said Sherr Sett to the barr is thereupon Justly Demanded how she would Acquitt herselfe of the Premises afd Says that of the Premises afd She is Guilty thereof and for as much as there is Seven Years Service due to Somersett County by means of Such y.e premisses afd thereupon it is Ordered by the Court that the Said Elizabeth Downes return home to her Mistresses Service and that Sarah Dashiell her Mistress deliver her up to the Sherr of the County afd or the County Court At the Expiration of her Servitude afd &.c to receive what the same Court shall Consider of &c
Thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he Should take the Said Eliza Reed if &c to answer &c and afterwards in the Same Court Came the Said Eliz.a Reed in Custody of the Sherr of Somersett County and being by the Said Sherr Putt to the Barr is thereupon Instantly demanded how she would acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd Says that of the premisses afd She is Guilty ^thereof^ and puts herself in mercy of the Lord Proprietary and is willing to pay her fine for the fact afd Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that the Said Eliza Reed be fined to his Lordship the Lord Proprietary the Sum of Six hundred pounds of tob.o toward the defraying of the County Charges thereupon the Said Elizabeth Reed is Ordered to give Security for the fine afd and all other Officers their fees due by Occasion of the premisses afd thereupon Jno Dennis Jun.r present in Court undertakes for the said Eliza Reed for the paym.t of y.e fine and all fees afd &c |
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