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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
Volume 841, Page 155b   View pdf image
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           March Court            1728             155

the boundarys of said Land and your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray
                                                                                                                 The Petition aforesaid being read
and heard and fully understood
                                                       Wherefore it is Considered by the Justices here that a Commission Issue
to the afd Michael Holland as by the Petition afd is praid and Likewise it is Considered that Ephraim
Willson, Thomas Dixon, Thomas Williams and Jeffry Long of ^the^ County of Somersett Gent be
Commissioners to Examine wittnesses ^and Execute the same Commission^ according to act of assembly in Such Case made and provided &c

Whereas there is All the Statutes of England that's now in force from the third and fourth
years of Queen Ann Town to this time wanting for the use of Somersett County &a
                                              The Justices of said County Court agrees with Coll Levin Gale to send for
the Same and they will take Care that he shall be Satisfied for them &c


His Lordship
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Sarah Staples
 We of the Grand Jury do present Sarah Staples of Stepney Parish Spinster for
bearing a bastard Child on or about the 20.th of Oct.o Last Mr Ellis & Mr Thos Walker
Informers                                             William Lane foreman
                                  Thereupon Command was given to the sher of Somersett County that he should
take the said Sarah Staples if &.c to answer &.c and afterwards here in Court Came the Said Sarah
Staples in her Own proper person and being by the Sher Sett to the Bar (and presentmt Read) is
Instantly demaned how she would acquitt herselfe of the premisses afd says that of the premisses afd
as by the presentm.t afd above upon her is Imposed she is Guilty thereof (but Refuseth to discover the
father of the Child afd) and is willing to pay thirty shilling for the her fine for the fact afd

             Wherefore it is Considered by the Court that the afd Sarah Staples be fined to his Lordship three
pounds Curr.t mony for the fact afd ^to said the defraying of the County Charge^ and that she be taken to Satisfie the fine afd   Likewise it is ordered
by the Court that the Said Sarah Staples give Security for the payment of the Severall Officers their
fees due by Occasion of the premisses Whereupon William Stoughton of the County afd Gent present
herein Court undertakes for the Said Sarah Staples to pay the Severall officers their fees due by Occasion of
the premisses afd &c


The Same
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Mary Patrick
 We the grand Jury do present Mary Patrick Patrick of all hallows Parish
     Spinster for bearing of a bastard Child on or about the 20th day of October last
Isaac Brittingham Informer                      Wm Lane foreman
                                                       Thereupon Command was given to the sher of Somersett County that
       he should take Mary Patrick if &.c to answer &.c and afterwards in the Same Court Came
       the afd Mary Patrick in her proper person and being by the Sher sett to the bar is thereupon
       Instantly demanded how she would acquitt herselfe of the premises afd above upon her Imposed
       says that of the premisses afd so as afd by the presentment upon her Imposed she is Guilty
       thereof and prays that she may be admitted to make fine to the Lord proprietary for the fact
       afd  Therefore it is Considered by the Court that the afd Mary Patrick be fined to his Lordship
       the Lord Proprietary the Sum of Six hundred pounds of tobacco for the fact afd and that she be
                                                                                                                                  (taken)


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