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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1737-1738
Volume 859, Page 174b   View pdf image
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November Court                             1737                    174

deviding Creek in the County af.d one dark bay coloured Gelding being the proper
goods and Chattles of a Certain John Evans with force and arms unlawfully did take
and Imprison and the same Gelding so as af.d Imprisoned being with force and
arms unlawfully did disfigure and from the tail of the same Gelding then and
there the hair thereof did with force and arms unlawfully cut of to the great damage
of the said John Evans and against the peace of the Right honourable the
Lord proprietary his good rule and Goverment &a and the af.d bill of Indictmt
in form af.d written & in it the af.d false Scandelous and malitious matter above
recited containing afterwards to wit on the day and year last af.d to the af.d Justices
of the said Lord proprietary at a special Court of oyer and terminer and
Goal delivery on the day and year af.d by the said Justices for the County
af.d at deviding Creek af.d held did cause to be delivered which bill of Indictment
the said Justices of the af.d John Evans then and there did receive and
the said bill thereupon to the Jurors of the grand Inquest for the said
County at the said Goal delivery upon the holy evengelist of almighty
God then and there charged and sworn then and there did deliver to enquire
and the truth of and Concerning the matter in the said bill Contained to present
which matter in the said bill contained afterwards to wit the day and
year last af.d at the County af.d to the Jurors af.d to be false and malitious
and by the said John Evans false and malitiously against the said Wonney
to be devised and Invented did appear and by means thereof after evidence
in and concerning the ^premises^ to them fully given then and there gave their virdict
and answer in and Concerning the bill of Indictment af.d that they the said
Jurors of the matter af.d in the af.d bill of Indictment Specifyed and contained
were Ignorant and the af.d Wonney says that he by means of the premisses
not only i his good name fame and Credit much hurt and damnifyed doth
appear but also twelve hundred and forty pounds of tobacco ^and^ sundry other
sums of tobacco and money to Clear himself from the prosecution af.d and
and also by means of the said prosecution was forced to expend whereupon
                                                                                                                he


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1737-1738
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