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August Court 1733
(52) the said Subjects and if they shall Refuse to find such Security that then you Cause them to be Committed into safe Custody untill they shall be delivered by due Course of Law from thence Also we have assigned you and Every three or more of you of whom we will you the said Charles Calvert John Hall Richard Tilghman Mathew Tilghman Ward John Rousby Benjamin Tasker Philip Lee John Rider Michael Howard George Plater Edmond Jenings Robert King, John Smith William Stoughton John McClester John Handy and James Dashiell or one of you always to be One Our Justices to Enquire by the Oaths of good and Lawfull men of Our County afd by whom the truth of the premisses may be the Better known of all and all manner of Felonies, Witchcrafts, Enchantments, Sorceries, Acts magick, trespasses, Engrossings, Regratings forestallings and Extortions whatsoever and of and al other Misfeazeances and Offences whatsoever of which Justices of our peace Lawfully may or Ought to Enquire by whomsoever or howsoever in Our County afd done or Committed or which may hereafter happen to be done or Committed and also of all those who in Our County afd in a riotous manner have gone or Rode or shall hereafter presume to go or Ride with armed force against our peace to the disturbance of the Kings Subjects and of all such who in Our County afd have Lain or shall hereafter presume to Lye in wait to maim or Kill any of the Kings Subjects and also of all ordinary keepers and other persons who have Offended or hereafter shall presume to Offend in the abuse of weights or measures against the acts of assembly for the Comon ^good^ and profitt now in his province made and used and also of the sher balifs Constables and Other Officers who have or shall hereafter misbehave themselves in the Execution of their offices or have been remiss or Negligent in the Execution thereof or Shall hereafter happen so to ^be^ within Our County afd and of all and Every the articles matters and things whatsoever ^howsoever or by whomsoever^ in Our County afd done or Committed or that shall hereafter happen to be done or Committed Concerning the premisses or any of them and to Inspect all Indictments before you or any of you taken or to be taken or before our Late Justices of the peace within Our said County had and taken and not yet determined And process thereon against all or any person or persons so Indicted or which shall hereafter happen to be Indicted within our County afd to make and Continue untill they shall be taken or Surrender themselves or be Out Lawed and to hear and determine all and Every the Feloneys witchcrafts Enchantments Sorceries Arts magick, trespasses, Forestallings, Regratings, Riotts, Indictments, and all Other the matters afd according to the Laws Customs and directions of the acts of assembly afd so far forth as they provide and where they are Silent according to the Laws Statutes and Reasonable Customs of England as Used and practized within this province and the said delinquints and Every of them to Chastize and punish by fines Ransoms amerciaments Forfeitures and otherwise according to the Laws Customs and directions of the acts of assembly afd so far forth as they provide and where they are Silent according to the Laws Statutes and Reasonable Customs of England as used and practised within this province But we |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1733-1735
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