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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 305b   View pdf image
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    June Court                           1742          305

His Lordship
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Thomas Roberts
 Somerset S.t
                        The Jurors for the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary that now is
for the Body of Somerset County upon their Oath do present that Thomas Roberts late of
Somerset parish in the said County of Somerset planter the twelfth day of June in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two with force and arms at the parish af.d in the County af.d in and
upon a Certain James Wallis in the peace of God and the same Lord propry then and there being an Assault did
upon the highway make and him the said James then and there ^did^ threaten menace and Challenge to fight and evilly ^treat^
and other harms to him then and there did to the Grievous Damage of him the said James Wallis Contrary to the peace of
the said Lord proprietary that now is his good rule and Government
          Test James Wallis
                                              On the foregoing bill of Indictment it was Endorsed Ignoramus      W.m Waters foreman

The Same
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John Roberts
 Somerset ss/  The Jurors for the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary that now is for the body of
Somerset County upon their Oath do present that John Roberts late of Somerset parish in the said County
of Somerset planter the twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty two
with force and arms at the parish af.d in the County af.d within the Jurisdiction of this Court in and upon a Certain
James Wallis in the peace of God and the same Lord proprietary then and there being an Assault ^upon the highway^ did make and him the said
James then and there did threaten menace and Challenge and evilly treat and other harms to him then and there did to the
Grevious Damage of him the said James and Contrary to the peace of the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary that now
is his good rule and Government
                                                                      Test  James Wallis

             On the foregoing d bill of Indictment it was Endorsed Ignoramus         W.m Waters foreman


GD  Mathew Kemp
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WA  William King
 Command was given to the Sheriffe of Sommerset County that he Should Take William
King Late of Sommerset County Inholder if he Should be found in his bailywick and
him should safe Keep so that he might have his body before the justices of his Lordships
County Court of Sommerset to be held at dividing Creek the third Tuesday of June Ann Dom One Thousand
Seven hundred and forty ^one^ to answer unto mathew Kemp of a plea of trespass upon the Case &a and the Same day
is given to the aforesaid Mathew there &a  

                            Att which day here Came the aforesaid Mathew Kemp by George Douglas his attorney and the sher
to witt John Handy Gent now here Returned that he had Taken the aforesaid William King whose body here at this day
he had ready to Answer the aforesaid Mathew Kemp of the afd plea as to him it was Commanded
                                                                                                                                                          Whereupon Came
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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
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