Archives of Maryland, Volume 0861, Page 0096b - Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742

Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742

          March Court                    1740                         96

January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty nine at the parish in
the County afd and within the Jurisdiction of this Court did Commit fornication with a Certain
person to the Jurors afd unknown and did permit the same unknown person then and there to
have Carnall knowledge of her body and then and there to beget a bastard Child on the body of her
the same Mary to the high displeasure of almighty God to the evill example of all others in
such case offending 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
       Testis George M^cCane         on the foregoing bill of Indictment it was endorsed as Followeth vizt
    True Bill   Alex.^r Lackie foreman                                             Mortmus Est

RH John White @ Daniel Cordery	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH William Porter @ Samuel Love	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	GD John Dennis J.^r @ Thomas Predix	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH John White @ Francis Parsons	Cap^s tres Case Cepi agreed

RH John White @ Thomas Goddard	Cap^s tres Case Cepi agreed	RH Mary Sommers @ Jacob Ward	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH Francis Lee @ John Watson	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH The Same @ The Same	Caps D.^r 102½ bushl Corn Commit^d for want bail Cepi agreed

RH Francis Lee @ Thomas Shiles	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	GD Christopher Domminick Jackson @ Dennis Duskey	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH Rob^t Geddes @ Will.^m Pilcher	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	FA W.^m Whittall @ Thomas Nelson	Caps Case decl Curr^t w^t for want of Bail Cepi agreed

RH Kirke Gunby @ GD Thomas Powell	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	RH William Proburt @ John Cullen	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed	pse Robert Geddes @ W.^m Conner	Cap^s Case declⁿ Cepi agreed	RH Tho^s Willer @ Charles Thompson J^r	Cap^s Case Cepi agreed

GD George Collins
@
Phillip Hunings

Cap^s tres Case
Cepi agreed

The above writts belonging to the severall actions above were Returned Cepi op

the Sheriffe of Somerset County and were Entered agreed on [illegible] Court appearance Docket 1740

The following actions were Entered agreed on the tryall Docket for March Court Ann Dom 1740

FA Rowland Hodgson @ RH John Crapper	Case decl.ⁿ plea agreed	RH David Wilson @ GD John Carnes	Case agreed	GD John Newbold @ WA John Coffin	Case august Court 1740 Elias Evans bail agreed

RH David Wilson @ GD John Davis	Case decl agreed	GD Francis Henderson et uxor @ WA Charles Henderson	Case agreed

The Court Adjourns untill Tuesday of June Ann Dom 1741

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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742

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