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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 154   View pdf image
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        March Court            1731                 154

a Certain John Gouldsmith in the peace of God and the aforesaid Lord proprietary then and there being
an assault made and him the Said John Gouldsmith and there beat wounded and Evill
intreated so that of his Life it was Greatly despaired and Other enormitys to him then and
there Offered to the Grievous damage of him the said John and against the peace of the Right
honrble the Lord proprietary &c                   L Gale P Dom Pry
Test   Joseph Harding & John Floyd
                                        On the back side of the foregoing bill of Indictment it was thus endorsed
viz.t   Ignoramus Edward Rownd Foreman

             whereupon this twenty first day of March One thousand Seven hundred and thirty One in Court now
held at dividing Creek for the County afd before the Justices of the Same Court cometh the aforesaid William
Horsey according to a Certain Recognizance by him and his pledges in that part before Confessed in his proper
person and prays that his appearance may be recorded and he and his Securitys discharged thereupon the
said William Horseys appearance is Recorded and he and his Securitys discharged  whereupon it is ordered by
the Court here that the Said William Horsey Give Security for the payment of the Severall Officers their fees
due by Occasion of the premisses aforesaid thereupon a Certain Nathaniel Horsey of Somerset County planter
present here in Court undertakes for the Said William Horsey for to pay the Severall Officers fees due as afd &c


Thomas Brown
         Petn
 To the worshipfull the Justices of Somerset County now in Court Sitting the petition of
Thomas Brown most Humbly Sheweth  that whereas your petitioner hath a negro woman
       Called Judy that is so antiant and Infirm that she is pas her Labour Your petitioner prays your worships
       to discharge him from paying of taxes for the aforesaid negro for the future and your petitioner as in duty
       bound shall ever pray                                        The petition aforesaid being read and heard and fully understood
       wherefore it is Considered that the aforesaid Thomas Brown be discharged for the future from paying
       of taxes for the aforesaid negro for the future as by the petition aforesaid is praid &c

       John Floyd appears according to his Recognizance and is discharged therefrom he being bound to Give
       Evidence against W.m Horsey &c

Joseph Hardin being bound by Recognizance to Give Evidence against William Horsey appears and
is discharged &c


His Lordship
         agt
John Horsey
 Somerset County ss    The Jurors for the Lord proprietary that now is &c for the
body of Somerset County upon their Oath do present that John Horsey Late of
Somerset County Mariner the tenth day of december in the Year of Our Lord
                      One thousand Seven hundred and thirty One with force and armes in the County of Somerset
aforesaid one pair of Cotten and Linnen Sheets of the Value of three hundred and pounds
of tobacco and two pillow Cases of Cotten and Linnen of the Value of Sixty pounds of
tobacco of the Goods and Chattells of a Certain William Wye Jun.r then and there found
then and there feloniously Stole took and Carried away against the peace of the Right
                                                                                                                            honrble


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