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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1735-1737
Volume 851, Page 138   View pdf image
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          March Court                1735                        138

thousand seven hundred and thirty five before the Justices of his Lordship County Court of Somerset now
here held at dividing Creek in and for the Same County Came the said Jeremiah Lilley in his proper
person under Custody of the Sheriff of Somerset ^County^ and being by the said Sheriff Led to the barr
and had a hearing of the Indictment aforesaid and being Instantly demanded how he would
acquitt himselfe of the felony afd as by the Indictment afd above against him Supposed says
that of he felony afd above against him Supposed he is Guilty thereof and Every thing in
the Indictment afd Expressly Confesseth &a

                            Whereupon all and Singular the premisses by the Court here seen heard
and fully understood         It seems to the Court here that the afd pair of Boots, Red Riding
Coat and pair of Stockins are all of the Value of four hundred and Twenty pounds of tobo

    Thereupon it is Considered by the Court here that the afd Jeremiah Lilley pay unto
Joseph MccClester the party deprived four fould of the Value of the goods afd Stolen amounting
in the whole to Sixteen hundred and Eighty pounds of tobacco and that the said Jeremiah
Lilley be whipt at the publick whiping post with fifteen Stripes on the bare back well Laid
on untill the blood appear and that he stand Immediately in the pillowry One quarter of
an hour and that he be taken &a  and thereupon as to the Corporall punishment afd Command
is given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he do thereof Immediate Execution according
to the Judgment afd Rendered by whiping of the afd Jeremiah Lilley at the publick whiping
post with fifteen Stripes on the bare Back well Laid on untill the blood appear and by Setting
him in the pillowry one quarter of an hour and afd afterwards in the Same Court Came the
said sheriff and made returne that he had done the Execution of the Judgmt aforesaid as to the Corporall
punishment afd he was Commanded &a
                                                                   Wherefore it is Considered and ordered ^by^ the Court here
that the Sher of Somerset County to witt Joseph MccClester Gent Sell the afd Jeremiah Lilley
Immediately to the Biggest bidder not Exceeding Seven Years towards Satisfying of the
four fould afd and the Severall Officers Fees due by occasion of the premisses afd
afterwards in the Same Court Came the Said Sheriffe and made Return to the Court here that
he had Sold the said Jeremiah Lilley unto a Certain James Collett the Biggest bidder for one
thousand pounds of tobacco) for Seven Years to COmmence from the day of the date of these
presents &a towards Satisfying of the four fold and the Severall Officers Fees due by occasion of
the premisses afd &a


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