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March
Court
1741 259 Connelly in these words Following viz.t Be it Remembred that Robert Jenckins Henry Gent attorney of the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary that now is who for the same Lord proprietary in this part prosecuteth doth Come hereinto the Court of the same Lord proprietary held for Somerset County af.d (to witt at dividing Creek in the same County the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty before Robert King Esq.r and his associates the said Lord propry his Justices of the same County Court and for the same Lord proprietary doth give the Court here to understand and be Informed that whereas a Certain Ann Clark late of Stepney parish in the said County of Somerset the ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty af.d with force and arms at the parish af.d in the County af.d one pounds four shillings in gold Currency of the province of Maryland and twelve shillings and Six pence Curr.t money of the province af.d in bills of Credit of the goods and Chattles of a Certain Hugh Rimmer then and feloniously did steal take and bear away Contrary to the peace of the said Lord proprietary that now is his good rule and Government and the same attorney of the said Lord proprietary for the same Lord proprietary doth give the Court here further to understand and be informed that Patrick Connelly late of Somerset parish in the said County of Somerset felt maker ^after^ the tenth twelfth day of february one thousand seven hundred and two and after the felony af.d to have done and perpetrated knowing the af.d Ann Clark the felony af.d in form af.d to have done and perpetrated and also knowing the af.d one pound and four shillings in gold Currency of the province of Maryland and twelve shillings and six pence Curr.t money of the province af.d in bills of Credit to have been so as af.d stolen on the tenth day of June in the year af.d at stepney parish af.d in the said County of Somerset the said Patrick Connelly the severall sums of one pound and four shillings in Gold Currency af.d and twelve shillings and Six pence Curr.t money of the province af.d in bills of Credit knowing the same to be stolen in manner and form af.d from the said Ann Clark feloniously did receive to the evil and pernicious Example of all others in such Case offending Contrary to the peace of the Right honourable the Lord proprietary that now is his good rule and government and against the form of the statute in such Case lately made and provided &c Whereupon the said Attorney of the same Lord proprietary for the same Lord proprietary prays the advice of the Court herein the premisses and that due process of Law in this part against the same Patrick Connelly may be made to answer unto the same Lord proprietary of and upon the premisses &c And the said Information so as af.d drawn up and written being to the said Justices then and there did malitiously Cause to be presented and read by means whereof the said Patrick afterwards to wit the day and year af.d at the County af.d was arrested and by the sheriffe of Somerset County in prison detained untill he the said Patrick recognised before the said Justices in the sum of fifty |
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