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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1727-1730
Volume 841, Page 156   View pdf image
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    March Court   ann.o    1728                    156

taken &.c  whereupon it is ordered by the Court that the said Mary Patrick give Security for the fine
afd and all the officers their fees due by means of the premisses afd thereupon a Certain Wm Porter
of all hollows parish planter present here in Court undertakes for the Said Mary Patrick to pay
the fine afd and the Severall officers their fees afd due by occasion of the premises &c

       Thereupon it is further Ordered by the Court that the said Mary Patrick give Recognizance
in ten pounds Sterr for her go appearance at June Court next And give Evidence against a Certain
Samuel Bratton son of John Bratton at Suite of his Lordship

               Whereupon the said Mary Patrick present here in Court acknowledged herselfe
to Owe and Stand Justly Indebted unto his said Lordship the Lord proprietary in the Sum
of ten pounds Sterling good and Lawfull mony of England to be Levied upon her goods
goods and Chattells Lands or tenements for the Use of his said Lordship if default be
made in the Condition hereunder written

                The Condition of this Recognizance is Such that if the above bounden Mary
Patrick do make her personall appearance before the Justices of the next Court to be
held at dividing Creek in the County afd the third tuesday of June next and then and there
give Evidence on behalfe of his said Lordship agt the afd Samuel Bratton Concerning the
begetting of a bastard Child and do not depart without Leave of the Court then the above
Recognizance to be void and of none Effect otherwise &a


His Lordship
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Thomas Holbrook
 We of the Grand Jury do present Thomas Holbrook of Stepney Parish
planter for turning of the publick Road without order or Leave from the
Court                  Col Levin Gale Informer      Wm Lane foreman

                   Thereupon Command was Given to the sher of Somersett County that he should take
        the said Thomas Holbrook if &.c to answer &.c  And afterwards in the same Court Comes the
       afd Thomas Holbrook in his own proper person and prays leave untill next Court to
       answer the premisses afd and it is granted him and the same day is given unto George Dashiell
       his Lordships attorney (who for his said Lordship in this behalfe prosecutes) also

          Att which said next Court to witt the Eighteenth day of the March anno Dom one
       thousand Seven hundred and twenty EIght Came again as well the afd George Dashiell who
       for his Said Lordship in this behalfe prosecutes as the afd Thomas Holbrook in his own proper
       person and the said Thomas Holbrook being by the Sher sett to the bar is thereupon
       Instantly demanded how he would acquitt himselfe of the premisses afd says that of the premisses
       afd his is Guilty thereof and says that he is Innocent ^of the premisses^ thereof and Submitts himselfe
       to the mercy of the Court
                                                    Wherefore it is Considered by the Court that the afd Thomas Holbrook
       be taken to Satisfie his said Lordship of his fine by Occasion of the premisses afd which same Tho.s
                                                                                                                                        Holbrook


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