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November Court
1741
204 Cause a Certain bill of Indictment did falsely and malitiously Cause to be written against the said Ruth Contained this false and Scandalous matter Following viz.t Somerset County ss The Jurors for the right Honourable the Lord proprietary that now is for the body of Somerset County af.d upon their Oath doe present that Ruth Willett wife of Ambrose Willet late of all hallows parish in the said County of Somerset planter the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord God Seventeen hundred and forty with force and arms &c at the parish af.d in the County af.d within the Jurisdiction of this Court in and upon a Certain Shaderick Claywell in the peace of God and the said Lord proprietary that now is then and there being and Assault did make and him the said Shadrach then and there did beat wound and Evilly treat so that of his life it was greatly despaired and other harms to the same Shadrach then and there did to the grievous damage of him the said Shadrach and Contrary to the peace of the right Honrble the Lord proprietary that now is his good rule and Government &c Rob.t Jenckins Henry and the af.d bill of Indictment in form af.d written afterwards to wit the day and year af.d at the County af.d to the said Justices did Cause to be delivered which bill of Indictment the said Justices of the said Peter and Shadrach did receive and the same thereupon to the Jurors of the Grand Inquest for the said County of Somerset on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God then and there Charged and Sworn then and there did deliver to enquire and the truth Concerning the matter in the said bill Contained to present whereupon the af.d Peter and Shadrach afterwards to wit on the day and year af.d at the County af.d at the Court and before the Justices af.d then and there to the Jurors af.d of the said Grand Inquest on their Oath Severally in Evidence did give that the said false and Scandalous matter in the said bill Contained was true whereas in truth the matter in the said bill Contained was false feigned and Scandalous as to the Jurors af.d then fully appeared and for that reason the Jurors af.d after the Evidence af.d to them given then and there did give their Answer of and Concerning the bill af.d that the same Jurors of the matter af.d in the said bill of Indictment Specified and Contained were Ignorant by pretext of which premisses the said Ruth is not only hurt in her good name but also the said Ambrose and Ruth Sundry Sums of money and tobacco for the Justification of the said Ruth by means of the premisses were forced to Expend whereupon the said Ambrose and Ruth say they are damnifyed ten pounds Curr.t money of Maryland thereof they bring Suit &c Pledgs &c J Doe R Roe And the af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywell by William Arbuckle their Attorney Come and defend the force and Injury when &c And prayeth leave thereof to Imparle here untill next Court to be held at dividing Creek the third tuesday of August then next Following and they have it and the same day is given to the af.d Ambrose and Ruth herealso &c Att which day here Came again as well the af.d Ambrose Willett and Ruth his wife as the af.d Peter and Shadrach Claywells |
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
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