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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
Volume 842, Page 155b   View pdf image
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Chattells of a Certain Thomas Layfield then and there found then and there feloniously Stole took and Carried away
against the peace of the Right honrble the Lord proprietary &c and against the form of the act of assembly in
that Case made and provided         L Gale P dom  prory
    Test Thomas Layfeild, David Dredon Margt Williams

             On the backside of the foregoing Bill of Indictment it was Endorsed as Followeth  Ignoramus
Edw Rownd Foreman
                                           Now hereat this twenty first day of march one thousand seven hundred
and thirty one before his Lordships Justices of the County Court of Somerset Now held at dividing Creek
cometh the aforesaid Thomas Pingally and Catherine Pingally before the aforesaid Justices here in their proper
persons according to a Certain Recognizance by them and their Securitys in that part first acknowledged
and thereupon the Said Thomas Pingally and Catherine Pingally are discharged from their Recognizance
aforesaid and Ordered to Give Security for the payment of the Severall Officers Fees due by Occasion of
the premisses aforesaid   Whereupon a Certain John Dennis Jun.r present herein Court undertakes for the said
Thomas Pingally and Catherine Pingally to pay the Severall Officers their fees due by Occasion of
the premisses aforesaid   whereupon a Certain John Dennis Jun.r present herein Court undertakes for the said
Thomas Pingally and Catherine Pingally to pay the Severall Officers their fees due by Occasion of the
premisses aforesaid &c


Wm Smith, David Dredon, Margt Williams and Thomas Layfeild all Severally appeared herein Court
to Give Evidence agt Thos Pingally and Catherine Pingally and were accordingly all discharged from their
same Recognizances &c


His Lordship
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Esther Mullegan
 Somerset ss    Be it Remembred that upon the twenty first day of march ann Dom
One thousand Seven hundred and thirty One Came here into Somerset County Court
Levin Gale Esq.r Clerk of the Indictments of the Said County and for the Said Lord proprietary
       gives the Court to understand and be Informed that Esther Mullegan Late of Somerset County
Spinster the tenth day of November and Year aforesaid at the County aforesaid within the Jurisdiction of
this Court did Committ fornication and ^had^ born of her body a bastard Child against the peace of the Right
honrble the Lord proprietary his Good rule and Government and also against the form of the act of assembly
in Such Case made and provided whereof the said Levin Gale for the Said ^Lord^ prory prays advisement of
the Court in the premisses &c                            L Gale P Dom propry

          Afterwards in the Same Court here to witt this twenty first day of march ann Dom One thousand Seven
hundred and thirty One in her proper person Cometh the Said Esther Mullegan and being Immediately asked
how she would acquitt herselfe of the premisses above by the Information upon her Imposed says that of the
premisses above upon her Imposed he is Guilty thereof and makes Oath that a Certain Geo Layfeiled is
the father of the Child as She Stands accused of and is willing to pay her fine for the fact afd &c

          whereupon all and Singular the premisses by the Court here being Seen heard and fully understood   It is
Considered by the Court here that the aforesaid Esther Mullegan pay to his said Lordship for her fine by the Court
here upon her Imposed for and by Occasion of the premisses aforesaid whereof in form afd she is Convict to thirty
Shillings (to the use of the County) and that the Said Esther be taken to Satisfie his said Lordship of the fine afd
and Likewise the Said Esther is ordered by the Court here that she afd Give Security for the payment of ye fine afd and ye
severall Officers fees due by occasion of the premisses afd   thereupon a Certain Wm Lane of Somerset County Gent present
here in Court in his proper person undertakes for ye said Esther to pay the fine and fees afd &c


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1730-1733
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