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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1737-1738
Volume 859, Page 4b   View pdf image
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                March Court                       1736                   4

The Same
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Hannah Bartlett
 Somerset County ss.t
                                  The Jurors for the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary
that now is for the body of Somerset County af.d upon their oath do present that
    Hannah Bartlett late of Stepney parish in the County af.d Spinster the tenth day of November
    Anno Dom seventeen hundred thirty and six at the parish af.d in the County af.d within the
    Jurisdiction of this Court did commit fornication with a Certain person to the Jurors af.d unknown
    and did permitt the same unknown person then and there to have carnal knowledge of her body
    and to beget then and there a basterd Child on the body of her the same Hannah to the high displeasure
    of Almighty God to the evil Example of all other such case according Contrary to
    the peace of the said Lord proprietary that now is his good Rule and Government and against
    the form of the Act of assembly in such case lately made and provided &c
Test Elgate Hitch            on the foregoing bill of Indictm.t it was endorsed viz.t a true Bill
William Jones foreman     
                                                    Thereupon Command was given to the sheriff of Somerset
County that he should take the said Hannah Bartlett if she should be found in [illegible]
and her should safe keep so that he might have her body before the Justices of [illegible]
County Court of Somerset to be held in the Court house at dividing Creek in [illegible]
third tuesday of March then Next to answer unto his Lordship of and [illegible]
of fornication &.c and saith that thereof he should not fail &c
    And afterwards the same third tuesday of March to witt the [illegible] day of the same
month Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty six before the Justices of his Lordships
County Cour of Somerset now here held In the court house at dividing Creek in and for
the same County Came the said Hannah Bartlett in her proper person and had a hearing
of the Indictment [illegible] Instantly demanded how she would acquitt her self of
the premisses af.d above [illegible] says that of the premisses afd above upon her Imposed
she is guilty thereof [illegible] that a Certain John Hill is the father of the Child she stands
Indicted for &a  Whereupon [illegible] the premisses by the Court here seen heard and fully
understood &a  It is Considered that the afd Hannah Bartlett pay unto his Lordship the right Honrble
the Lord Proprietary [illegible] of Maryland for her fine by the Court here upon her Imposed
for and by [illegible] afd whereof in form afd she is Convicted thirty Shillings Curr.t
money of Maryland [illegible] Hannah Bartlett be taken to satisife his said Lordship of the
fine afd &c [illegible] Bartlett is ordered to give Security for the payment of the several
Officers their [illegible] thereupon a Certain William Turpin of Somerset
                                                                                                                   County


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