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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 231b   View pdf image
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                   March Court                                  1741                231

His Lordship
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Comfort Blake
 Somerset ss
                                      Memorandum that at a Court of his Lordship the
Right Honourable the Lord proprietary of the province of maryland held at
                   dividing Creek in Somerset County the third tuesday of November to witt the seventeenth
day of the same month Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and forty one before his said Lordships
Justices the peace in the County af.d to keep assigned by the oath of twelve Jurors presented that Comfort
Blake late of all hallows parish in the said County of Somerset spinster the thirtieth day of November
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty 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 permit the same unknown person then and there to have Carnal knowledge of her
body and then and there to beget a bastard Child on the body of her the same Comfort to the high displeasure of allmighty
God to the evill Example of all others in such Case offending Contrary to the peace of the same Lord propry that now
his good rule and Government and against the form of the Act of Assembly in such Case made and provided &c

                   Thereupon Command was given to the sheriffe of Somerset County that he should take the said Comfort
Blake if she should be found in his bailywick and her should safe keep so that he might have her body before the
Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at Dividing Creek the third Tuesday of March Anno Dom
one thousand seven hundred and forty one to answer unto his said Lordship of the Indictment af.d &c

                               Att which day here before his Lordships Justices Came the aforesaid Comfort Black in her
proper person and had an hearing of the Indictment aforesaid  and thereupon it is is said by the Court here
unto Robert Jenckins Henry Gent who for his said Lordship in this part prosecuteth that he noe farther prosecute
against the aforesaid Comfort Blake of and upon the fornication aforesaid   Whereupon the said Robert Jenckins
Henry Gent who &c present herein Court in his proper person saith that he will noe further prosecute against the
afd Comfort Blake of and for the fornication af.d    And upon this the aforesaid Comfort Black prays Judgmt of
and upon the premisses afd            Whereupon all and Singular the premisses being seen and by the Court here fully
understood and mature deliberation thereupon had      It is Considered by the Court here that the afd Comfort Blake
as to the fornication afd goe at present without day Saving ever the Right of his Lordship &a

                Whereupon the said Comfort Blake is ordered to give Security for the payment of all fees due on the
Indictment af.d to any person or persons whatsoever      Thereupon John Fasit of Somerset County planter present
herein Court in his proper person undertook for the said Comfort Blake to pay all fee or fees due to any person or persons
whatsoever on the Indictment af.d In case that the said Comfort Blake doth not pay the same &c


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