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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 150   View pdf image
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March court   1731                          150

afd then being at the same day before his Lordships Justices at the County Court of somrset
at Dividing Creek Returned that by Vertue of the Preceipt afd to him thereof directed to
had taken the bodys of the aforesd Esther Jenkins whose body he had there Ready &c

             Whereupon the said Esther Jenkins in her proper person apears and is thereupon
Immediately asked after what manner she would acquit herselfe of the
Premises in the presentment afd above upon her Imposed the same Esther says that
she can not Deny but that she is Gilty of the Premisses aforesd in the presentment
aforesd specified above upon her Imposed &c & makes oath that Benja Fasque is the father of the
Child she stands presented for &c

             Whereupon all and Singular the Premises by the Court here seen heard and
fully understood   and for as much as the Said Esther Jenckins has nothing to pay her fine for
the fact afd   Wherefore it is Considered that the aforesaid Esther Jenckins be whipt at the publick
whiping post with twenty lashes on the bare back well Laid on untill the blood appear and as to
the Corporall punishment afd Command is Given to the Sher of somerset County that he do thereof
Immediate execution by whiping of the Said Esther Jenckins at the publick whiping post well Laid
with twenty Lashes on the bear back well Laid on untill the blood appear and that she be taken &c
and afterwards in the Same Court Came the Said Sher and made return of th to the Court here that he
had done the Execution of the Judgm.t aforesaid as to the Corporall punishment afd he was Commanded
      
       Whereupon the Said Esther Jenckens is ordered by the Court to Give recognizance in five pounds
Ster for her appearance from day to day this Court to Give evidence to the Grant Jury against the
said Benjamin Fasque            Thereupon the said Esther Jenckens acknowledged herselfe to be
Indebted unto his Lordship the Lord proprietary under the Sum of five pounds ster to be
made of her Goods and Chattells Lands and tenements to the Use of his Said Lordship his heirs
and Successors if it happen She fail in the above order

       Likewise it is ordered by the Court here that the aforesaid Esther Jenckins Give Security to pay
the Severall Officers their fees due by Occasion of the premises but for want thereof the
said Esther Jenckins is Committed into the Custody of the Sher of somerset County thereto remain
&c


The Same
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Susannah Carter
 The Grand Jury for the body of Somerset County upon their Oath do present Susannah
Carter of Stepney parish Spinster for bearing of a basterd Child at or about
the 15.th of August Last                               Nicholas Fountain foreman
       Whereupon  Command was given to the Sher of Somerset County that he should
       take the said Susannah Carter Late of Somerset Parish in somerset County Spinster
       if she sould be found in his bailywick and her should Safe keep so he might have
       her body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at
       Dividing Creek the third tuesday of march Next to answer his said Lordship of
       the presentment aforesd and that thereof he should not fail &c

                Att which said third tuesday of March to witt the twenty first day of the
       same month one thousand seven hundred and thirty one the Sher of the County
       aforesd then being at the same day before is Lordships Justices at the County Court
                                                                                                                               of


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