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The Court now order that ye Comittee for ye meeting house from time to time untill further order of the Court take Care To Keep ye Court house in Repair that they do make Sutable ways to ascend ye hill on which it Stands Clear the brush near the Same & lay their Charges from time to time before ye Court for allowance
The Selectmen of ye Town of Shrewsbury presented to ye Court ye warrant & warning of John Wilson & family To depart their Town and is on file
WORCESTER SS Anno Ri R$ Georgij Secundi nunc Magna Britanic Francia et Hibernia Octavo
Att a Court of Generall Sessions of the peace be- gun and held at Worcester within and for the County-of Worcester on The Second Tuesday of August being the thirteenth day of Said month Annoq Dom 1734-
JUSTICES PRESENT
John Chandler Esq'
Justices of ye Peace &
Samuel Dudley Esq'
William Ward Esq'
Quorum
Henry Lee Esq'
William Jenison Esq'
Nahum Ward Esq'
Daniel Taft Esq™
Samuel Willard Esq'
John Chandler Esq™
John Keyes Esq"
Samuel Wright Esq
Edward Hartwell Esq
Jossiah Willard Esq
CORONERS.
Captain James Wilder MIT Seth Chapin
M' Joseph Wright M' Gershom Rice
GRANDJURORS
M' Joshua Child foreman
M' Thomas Gleason
M' Josiah White
MIT Benjamin Johnson
M' Jotham Rice
M' Daniel Warren
M' Bazeliell Sawyer
M' Isaac Amsden
M' Jonathan Bugbee
M' William Taylor
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Joseph Dwight Esq"
Joseph Wilder Esq"
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S AUGUST ¿ TERM,
Capt Thomas Gilbert
M' Eleazer Ball
M' Joseph Sumner
M' Nathan Heywood
Mª Ebenezer Read
N. B. M' Simon Stone of
M' Joseph Sibly Harvard was Sick & did not attend
The Jury attended three days & an officer vizt with them
Peter Kendall of Lancaster In ye County of Worcester Labourer being presented by the Grandjurors for ye body of Said County for yt he Said Peter Kendall at Lancaster aforesaid on or about the midle of July 1733 did Comitt the Crime of Fornication on ye body of Beriah Knight of Lancaster aforesaid Spinster which is Contrary to ye peace of our Lord ye King his Crown and dignity & ye Good & wholesome laws of this province as "} ye presentment on file ap- pears To which ye Said Peter Kendall pleaded not Guilty and put him Self on Tryall, The Jury being Sworn according to law to Trye ye Case ye Delinquent after a full hearing was Comitted To ye Jury who Return'd there verdict therein upon oath as follows viz that ye Said Peter Kendall is Guilty in form aforesaid Its Therefore Considered by The Court That the Said Peter Kendall pay as a fine therefor to our Sovereign Lord ye King The Sum of fifty Shillings & pay Costs & Fees Taxed at nine pound Seventeen Shillings and Stand Comitted Till this Sentence be performed, at which time the said Peter Kendall appealed To ye next Court of Assize and Generall Goal Delivery to be holden at Worcester with- in and for ye County of Worcester on ye Wednesday Imediately preceding the time by law appointed for holding ye Said Court of Assize and Generall Goal delivery at Springfield within and for ye County of Hampshire In September next and Entered into Re- cognizance with Two Sufficient Suretys according to law To prose- cute his appeal with Effect.
Peter Kendall of Lancaster In ye County of Worcester Labourer as principall In ye Sum of fourty pounds & Ralph Kendall Taylor and Oliver Wilder Gent both of Lancaster In Said County as Sure- tys in Twenty pounds Each acknowledge themselves to be In- debted To our Sovereign Lord the King to be Leveyed on their Severall goods Chattells lands & Tenaments and in want thereof
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on their bodys for ye use of our Said Lord ye King his heirs or Successors Conditioned that ye Said Peter Kendall prosecute his appeal To Effect at ye Said Court of Assize & Generall Goal de- livery To be holden in & for Said County of Worcester and abide ye Judgment of said Court & not Depart without Leave and in the mean time be & Remain of ye Good behaviour
Beriah Knight of Lancaster Single Woman being presented by the Grandjurors for her being Guilty of ye Crime of Fornication came into Court Confessed herself Guilty was find thirty Shillings which She paid & was Dismissed
John Brown of Watertown &ct being presented by ye Grand Jurors for his Unecessaryly Rideing on ye 28th day of aprill last past being ye Lords day came into Court & pleaded To ye Insuffi- ciency of ye presentment for yt he has not his addition properly given him was Dismissed paying Cost weh he paid
Megee Dupee of Lancaster being presented by the Grandjurors for being Guilty of the Crime of Fornication & bound over To answer for ye Same by m' Justice Wilder appeared and pleaded She was not bound to answer ye Same She not having her right name The Court Considered ye Same & She was Dismissed pay- ing Cost weh she paid.
Thomas Currier and John Damon being presented by ye Grand- jurors for Rideing Unecessaryly on ye Lords day as @ ye present- ment appeared and pleaded they were under a necesaty of rideing ye Court order y yy be dismissed paying Cost wch were paid
William Gray Jun' & Sam" Gray both of Worcester being Sev- erally presented by ye Grand Jurors for being Guilty of drunken-
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ness appeared before ye Court & Severally pleaded Guilty to their presentments were each find five Shillings to ye use of ye poor of ye Town of Worcester & to pay Costs wch they paid & were dis- missed
Ephraim Smith of Shrewsbury & Hari" his wife both being pre- sented by ye Grandjurors for being Guilty of ye Crime of Fornica- tion came into Court and Confessed them Selves Severally Guilty were find Each To ye King thirty Shillings & to pay Cost which they paid & were dismissed
Daniel Hill Husbandman & Nath" Emerson Cordwainer both of Mendon being presented by ye Grandjurors &ct as ? ye pre- sentment appears for Rideing Unecessaryly on ye third day of Febry last past &ct being ye Lords day came into Court & pleaded Guilty were fin'd Each thirty Shilling To the poor of ye Town of mendon & to pay Cost -- paid
Meriam Jones wife of Daniel Jones of Brookfield Came into Court & Confessed that She was Guilty of ye Crime of Fornication was fin'd thirty Shillings & Dismissed paying Cost
Nath" Bartlett of Brookfield Confest himself Guilty of ye Crime of Fornication was Sentenced to pay a fine of thirty Shillings & Cost which he pa & was Dismissed
The Town of Southborough being presented for not having a writing & reading Schoolmaster &ct by their Selectmen & were dismissed paying Cost
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Solomon Johnsons Petition Dismissed
Jane Morss wife of Sam1 Morss of Uxbridge &ct being presented for her Unecessaryly absenting herself from ye publick Worship of God as ? ye presentment appeared & put her Self on ye mercy of ye Court, was dismissed paying Cost
Peter Kendall & Hepzibah his wife of Lancaster appeared in Court and Confessed ymselves Guilty of fornication were find Each thirty Shillings & dismissed paying Cost
The Select men of ye Town of Woodstock presented a warrant with their Constables Return for warning on Wm Russell & his wife to leave their town wch was approved by ye Court
William Peirce of Westborough in ye County of Worcester hus- bandman upon ye Complaint of Asher Rice of Sd Southborough to Nahum Ward Esq was by him bound over to this Court as ye Recognizance and Complaint appears The affair was laid before the Grandjury who upon a bill prepared by ye Kings attorney Re- turn'd ye Same Ignoramus whereupon ye Court dismissed ye affair & Each party bore his own Cost
Eliphalett Warfield of Mendon In ye County of Worcester was bound over to this Court by Dan" Taft Esqr to answer to his pre- sentment by the Grandjury for Unecessaryly labouring on a public fast &ct as { ye presentment pleaded to ye Insufficiency of ye Same and was ordered to be dismissed pay Cost Taxed at five pound & Ten pence w-ch he refuseing to do was ? order of Court Comited to his majestys Goal there to remain till dismissed by order of law
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Court of General Sessions.
S AUGUST & TERM,
John Hamilton of Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester La- bourer appearing in Court To answer to his presentment by y: Grandjurors for that he the Said John Hamilton at Worcester In ye County of Worcester on ye fourteenth day of august Instant in ye night time did feloniously take and Steel out of ye Pockett of Samuel Lawdy of medfield in ye County of Suffolk Gent about four or five pound in bills of Creditt with Some papers being ye proper Estate of ye Said Lawdy all which is against ye peace of our Said Lord ye King his Crown and dignity and ye good and wholsome Laws of this province as { ye presentment on file To which ye Deft pleaded not Guilty and put himself on Tryall by a Jury who were Sworn to Try ye Same ye Deft having been fully heard ye Jury went out to Consider thereof & Return'd there ver- dict Therein finding ye Def" [Joseph Crosby not Guilty ] 1
Its Considered by ye Court that ye Defendtt be Dismissed pay- ing Cost & ffees Taxed at five pound & Tenpence Standing Com- itted Till Sentence be performed
Ezekiell Upham of Hassanamisco in ye County of Worcester Housewright appel" from a Sentence given against him by Nahum Ward Esq' one of his majesty's Juss of ye peace for said County on ye Complaint of Peter Lawrence of Said Hassanamisco Indian planter for stealing Corn &ct as ? ye Sentence of Said Justice on file, (This Tryal now being by order of ye Great & Gen" Court) & now ye Def" pleaded not Guilty & put himself on Tryall by a Jury who were Sworn to try ye Same ye Deft having been fully heard ye Jury went out to Consider thereof & Return'd there Ver- dict therein finding ye Def" not Guilty Its therefore Considered by the Court That ye Said Ezekiel upham be dismissed paying Cost & ffees Taxed at five pound 18/ & Sixpence and upon his neglect- ing To pay ye Same The Court order Execution To be granted therefor and yt it be paid into ye hands of ye Clerk of the Court To be paid To whom it is due
1 Words in brackets cancelled.
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1734.5 Worcester County, Massachusetts.
John Fitz Gerald al John Hayes als John meneal a Transient person now Resident in Worcester In said County appearing in Court To answer to his presentment by ye grandjurors for y' he on or about the 29 day of July last past at medfield in the County of Suffolk did then and there feloniously take Steal and Carry away fifty pounds in bills of Creditt and merchants notes and Six Silk handkerchiefs of the Vallue of Ten Shillings Each being ye proper Estate and then in the possession of Samuel Lawdy of medfield aforesaid Gent and did also Continue the Said theft at Worcester in ye Said County of Worcester by concealing the said bills of Creditt notes and Handkercheifs all wch is highly Criminall and agaiust ye peace of our Said Lord the King his Crown & Dignity and ye Good and wholsom Laws of this province as ? ye pre- sentment To which ye Def" pleaded not Guilty & put himself on Tryall by a Jury who were Sworn to Trye ye Same The Def" hay- ing been fully heard The Jury went out to Consider thereof and Return'd there Verdict therein finding ye Def" Guilty
Its Considered by the Court that the Said John Fitz Gerall als John Hays als John mcneal be whipt on ye naked body Twenty Stripes That he pay the Said Samuell Lawdy threeble ye mony & goods Stole viz' one hundred & fifty nine pounds The mony & goods found To be part thereof, and upon his neglecting to pay ye Same That he be bound To ye Sd Sam" Lawdy his heirs and assigns .It Ten pounds { year to pay ye Same that he pay Cost & fees taxed at fourteen pounds nine Shillings & Six pence and Stand Comitted till Sentence be performed
[Worcester ss august 18: 1734 Capt Lawdy recd fifty one pound fifteen shillings & nine pence besides paying ye Cost 14 : 9 : 6 att* Jnº Chandler Jr Cler ] 1
Abraham Anderson of Harvard In ye County of Worcester hus- bandman appearing in Court To answer to his presentment by ye Grandjurors for that the Said Abraham Anderson at a place Called
1 Sentence in brackets written on the margin.
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S AUGUST TERM,
Concord in Harvard aforesaid on or about the Twenty first day of May last past did feloniously Take Steal and drive away a Certain Cow being the Proper Estate of Hekekiah Wheeler of Concord in ye County of Midlesex Yeoman and in his Yard & possession then being which is against the peace of our Said Lord The King his Crown & Dignity and ye Good and wholsom laws of this province as ? ye presentment on file To which ye Deft pleaded not Guilty & put himself on Tryall by a Jury who were Sworn To Trye ye Same, The Deft being fuly heard The Jury went out To Consider thereof and Returned there Verdict thereon finding ye Deff' Guilty, Its Considered by the Court that the Said Abraham Anderson pay as a fine To our Lord ye King ye Sum of fifty Shillings That He pay To ye Said Hezekiah Wheeler Eighteen pounds be [ing] three- ble ye Vallue of the Cow said Cow if return'd to be part and pay Cost & fees & Stand Comitted till this Sentence be performed
The Court order that the Committee for building the Court house alter the Jury Seats So as that they will Comfortable Hold the Jurys and that they make Sutable ways for going To ye Court house ye Charge to be laid before ye Court for their attendance
The Court order that the Charge of ye Search after one Thomas Peirce who had murdered a person on Rhoad Island be paid To William Jenison & John Chandler J' Esq to be by y" paid to whom it [is] due
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Tavern Keepers and Retailors
Lycenced ye year Ensuing & y' gave bond
Worcester
Capt Haywood
Moses Rice
Thos Starns Gershom Rice Jr
Inholders
Mr Moses Leonard Mr Elea : Heywood Mr Solomon Keyes Inholders
Southborogh Mr Robert Horn Mr Caleb Witherbee
Inholds
Leicester
Capt Converse
Mr Thomas Richardson Inholder
Mr Jona Sargent 1
Colo Josiah Willard
Mr Rowland Taylor ( Inholders
retailor
Mr Wm Larkin retailor
Hassanamisco
Harvard Mr John Atherton Mr Ebenr Robins
Capt Leland
Capt Willard 1 Inholders Inholders
James Cuttler
Mr Ebr Sprague Retailor
Nehe : How
Sutton
Uxbridge
Mr Perez Rice
Mr Ezekiel Wood
Mr Obediah Walker
Mr Solomon Wood
Mr Jno Hazeltine
Mr Saml Read Inholders Inholders
Mr Jno Harwood retailor Capt Elisha Johnson Mr Wm Hartwell
retailor
Oxford Elijah Moore Inholdr
New Sherborn Mr Eph Hill
Shrewsbury
Mr Daniel How
Mr John Burts Inholders
Nahum Ward Esqr
Mr Jonas Keyes retailors
Mr Danl Coburn
Westboro' Capt Jno Fay Inholder
Rutland ( apt John Hubbard
In all 53 Capt Philip Goss approbated but no bond given
15
Lunenburg Capt Jona Hubbard
John Bigelow Lieutt Davis
Lancaster
Capt Carter Mr Wm Richardson Mr Josiah Richardson Mr Jonathan Houghton Inholders Colo Saml Willard retailer
Mendon
Capt Wm Rawson Mr Ebenr Mencon Mr John Sadler Inholders Capt Lovett retailor
Woodstock
Capt Jona Payton Mr Joseph Wright Inholders
Brookfield
Inholder
Dudley
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NOTE.
LICENSE LAW. The following act regulating the sale of spirituous liquors was in force at this time :
" An Act for the suppressing of Unlicensed Houses, and the due Regula- tion of such as are, or shall be Licensed.
"Be it ordained and Enacted by the Governour, Council and Representa- tives convened in General Court, and by the Authority of the same. That no Person or Persons whatsoever (other than such as upon producing Cer- tificate from the Select-men of the Town where they dwell or who shall be otherwise thought fit by the Justices themselves. shall be licensed by the Justices in Quarter Sessions) may presume to be a common victualler. Inn- holder, Taverner. or Seller of Wine. Beer. Ale, Cyder, or Strong Liquors by Retail : nor shall any presume without such License. to sell Wine or strong Liquors privately by a less Quantity than a Quarter Cask. and that delivered and carried away all at one time ; on pain of forfeiting the Sum of Forty Shillings for every such offence, upon due Conviction thereof ; one Half thereof to the Informer, and the other Half to the Use of the Poor of the Town where such offence is committed.
"Be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That all Licences be renewed yearly. and the Bond given for the due observance of the same and of the Laws; and that the Person licensed shall use his License in such Houses as shall be therein named, and no other."
If the offender refused or was unable to pay his fine, he was publicly whipped.
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WORCESTER SS Anno Ri Rº Georgij Secundi nunc Magne Britanic Francia et Hibernia Octavo
Att a Court of Generall Sessions of the peace be- gun and held at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester on The first Tuesday of November being the fifth day of Said month Annoq Dominij 1734-
JUSTICES PRESENT
Joseph Wilder, William Ward & William Jenison Esq's Justices of the Peace & Quorum - John Chandler J' Edward Hartwell Henry Lee,, Nahum Ward and Samuell Willard Esq" Justices
NAMES OF CORONERS
Capt James Wilder M' Seth Chapin J' M' Joseph Wright M' Gershom Rice
M' Joshua Childs M' Josiah White M' Bazeliell Sawyer M' Jonathan Bugbee M' Joseph Sumner M' Eben' Read M' Joseph Sibley M' Benjamin Johnson M' Daniel Warren M' Isaac Amsden M' William Taylor M' Eleazer Ball M' Nathan Heywood M' Jo- tham Rice Each 2 days & Richard Wilds attended on them
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Court of General Sessions.
S NOVEMBER TERM,
Hannah Dankin being bound over to this Court by m' Justice Jenison To answer to her Crime of fornication appeared in Court & Confessed she was Guilty, She was Sentenced to pay a fine of thirty Shillings & Cost which She did & was dismissed
The Town of Lunenburg being presented by ye Grandjurors for not having a writing & Reading Schoolmaster agreeable to law ap- peared & were Excused paying Costs
John Wallis of Townsend in ye County of Midlesex husbandman being presented by the Grandjurors for his Unecessaryly Traveling on ye Lords Day &ct appeared and gave his Reasons & was Ex- cused
The wife of Nathaniell Bartlett of Brookfield in ye County of Worcester appeared in Court & Confessed She was Guilty of the Crime of Fornication was find Thirty Shillings & paid Costs & was Dismissed
John Dunsmore & wives Recog' Continued To Feb'y Nath11 Davenport & wives Recognizance continued To Feb'y Benja Chaffee Recognizance Continued To Feb'y Town Leicesters presentment continued to Febry
A Petition John Harwood agent for ye Town of Uxbridge Seting forth the great Burden & Difficulty ye Said Town labour under Respecting ye Charge of building Bridges in said Town as more particularly appears by ye Petition praying for relief Read & Re- fered to ye Court of Generall Sessions of ye peace in Feb' next for further Consideration & ordered that the petitioner Serve ye Town of Mendon with a Copy thereof that they Shew Cause if any they have why ye prayer thereof Respecting mendon Should not be granted
WORCESTER SS Anno Ri R$ Georgij Secundi nunc Magne Britainia Francia et Hibernia Oftavo
At a Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace be- gun and Held at Worcester within and for the County of Worcester on the first Tuesday of February being the fourth day of Said Month annoq Dom : 1734-5
JUSTICES PRESENT
John Chandler
Joseph Wilder
Esq's Justices of ye peace & Quo'
Henry Lee
Esqrs
William Jenison
Nahum Ward
John Keyes
Daniel Taft 1
Edward Hartwell
John Chandler Jr 1 Esq™
Names of Coroners Cap' James Wilder
M' Joseph Wright
M' Seth Chapin M' Gershom Rice
Grandjury y' attended
Capt Daniel Warrin M' Eben" Read M' William Taylor
M' Josiah White
M' Joseph Sibley M' Eleazer Ball
M' Jotham Rice
M' Thomas Gleason
M' Bazeliell Sawyer
M' Benjamin Johnson
M' Jonathan Bugbee
M' Isaac Amsden M' Nathan Heywood M' Simon Stone
M' Wilds attended on ym & they attended Two days Each
Joseph Dwight Samuel Dudley
William Ward
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S FEBRUARY TERM,
1
Tabitha Bellows of Southborough appeared in Court and Con- fessed She was Guilty of the Crime of fornication by one Benony Salter, for which she paid a fine of thirty Shillings & was Dismissed paying Cost also Mary Latiney of Westborough Single Woman came into Court & Confessed She was Guilty of the Crime of For- nication with one Thomas Dooley find Thirty Shillings & dismissed without Costs
Nathaniel Davenport of Woodstock & Elizabeth his wife being presented by the Grandjurors for the Crime of Fornication The Said Nathaniel appeared and Confess'd the Same & paid a fine of fifty Shillings & Cost & was dismissed his wife not being able To attend her Recognizance was continued to may
John Dunsmore of Lancaster & Unice his wife being presented by the Grandjury for ye Crime of Fornication came into Court & plead To ye Insufficiency of the presentment which was by the Court adjudged Insufficient & they were Dismist paying Costs
The Court now order that a Tax or assessment amounting unto the Sum of One hundred & fifty Seven pound Eight Shillings & nine pence be ra'sed in the Severall Towns within this County for defraying ye usuall necessary Charges ariseing within ye Same and that the Clerk forthwith Send out Warrants directed To ye Selectmen or assessors of the Respective Towns within ye County for assessing their Severall parts or proportion according to ye Rules for assessing ye last province Tax as ye law directs and for paying in ye Same To Capt Benjamin Flagg County Treasurer or his order at or before ye last day of may next-
1734-5. Worcester County, MMassachusetts. 119
The Severall Towns proportion thereof is as follows viz'
Worcester Eleven pound Seven Shillings & Eight pence 11 7 8
Lancaster Twenty Six pound three Shillings & four pence 26
3
Mendon Eighteen pound
18
Woodstock Sixteen pound 16
Brookfield thirteen pound Ten Shillings & 8d 13 10 8
Southborouh Eight pound thirteen Shillings S 13
Westborough nine pound one Shilling 9 1
Leicester Six pound nineteen Shillings & Eight pence
6 19 8
Shrewsbury Seven pound Seven Shillings
7
Sutton Twelve pound five Shillings
12 5
Oxford Seven pound Two Shillings
7
2
Uxbridge Six pound & four pence
6 0
4
Rutland three pound Eighteen Shillings 3 18
Lunenburg three pound Eighteen Shillings 3 18
Harvard Seven pound three Shillings & one peny 7 3 I
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the Warrants were Granted out Febry 8'n 1734
att® Jnº C'handler J Cler'
Ordered that The Sum of Six pounds be paid out of ye County Treasury To William Jenison Esqr for Inlarging ye Prison Yard laying a double floor in ye Prison Chamber
An acco" of M' Sheriff Gookin amounting unto ye Sum of Sixteen pound Seven Shillings Read and ordered that the Sum of fifteen pound nine Shillings be paid out of ye County Treasury To M' Sheriff Gookin in full discharge thereof Nineteen Shillings Taken out of ye 5th article
David Parsons of Leicester in the County of Worcester Clark appellan" from a Sentence given against him by William Jenison Esq" one of his majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Said County
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Court of General Sessions.
S FEBRUARY TERM,
DOM REX
upon a Complaint of Benjamin Johnson of Leicester aforesaid Yeoman on His majestys PARSONS JURY behalf as well as of his own (which Complaint was originally made to John Chandler J' Esq" Mr James Taylor Mesr R : Flagg Mr Eb : Beman Joseph Walker John Moss one of his majestys Justices of the peace for said County ) against the appel" Seting forth yt ye Said David Parsons at Leicester aforsaid Ilenry King on the Seventh day of October last past did Elisha Hedge Tim : Brigham very much abuse misuse belye and Defame the Aaron Forbush Wells Ayres Coplainant by Saying ye Complaint was a Tat- Wm Haywood Israel Keith ling man or a Tatler and went about from House to House Raising Factions (meaning as the Complainant Supposes against him Said Parsons) and by Saying that the Complainant had Stolen Two years Sallary from him Said Parsons Intending thereby as ye Complaint apprehends to very much abuse misuse belye & defame ye Complaint &ct as ye Complaint at large appears, and was thereof Convicted before the Said William Jenison Esq' & Sentenced to pay a fine to the King Ten Shillings and pay all Costs & Fees & Stand Comitted till Sentence be performed-and now the appellant appeared and to the Said Complaint Pleaded not Guilty ; The Evidences in the Case being Sworn and the Case fully Argued and heard on both Sides the Same was Comitted To the Jury who were Sworn ac- cording to law to Trye ye Same and Return'd there Verdict there- in upon Oath as follows viz', That the Said David Parsons Is Guilty according to the Complaint Its therefore Considered by the Court that the Said David Parsons Pay as a fine To our Sovereign Lord the King for and Towards the Support of the Govermt of this Province and the Incident Charges thereof Ten Shillings and that he pay Cost & Fees Taxed at fifteen pound one Shilling, & Stand Comitted Till Sentence be performed, & he was accordingly Comitted To M' Sheriff Gookin till the Sentence be complyed with
A Complaint of John Overing Esq" his majestys attorney Gen- eral for the province of the Massachusetts in behalf of our Said Lord ye King Seting forth that one James Orns was convicted
1734-5.1 Worcester County, Massachusetts. 121
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