Excerpt from Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland, 1681-1683: Court Series (15) No grand juries were summoned in these proceedings, although casual ref erences seem to say that they were held, and although by an act of 1674 every county had to summon one twice each year. Each man summoned had to bear his own expenses without charge to the county, and, to make this more tolerable, nobody could be summoned more than once a year (archives II, p. There must also be a semi-annual grand jury for the Provincial Court ...
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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Provincial Court of Maryland, 1681-1683: Court Series (15) No grand juries were summoned in these proceedings, although casual ref erences seem to say that they were held, and although by an act of 1674 every county had to summon one twice each year. Each man summoned had to bear his own expenses without charge to the county, and, to make this more tolerable, nobody could be summoned more than once a year (archives II, p. There must also be a semi-annual grand jury for the Provincial Court (ibid. William Hill Of Dorchester was summoned to the grand jury, but he was ex cused when another sheriff had a writ to be served against him (post, p. The expenses of the Provincial grand jury were to be paid out of the general levy (post, p. John Little, summoned to serve on the grand jury, refused to take the oath and was fined according to Act of Assembly (archives II, 392, Was Little perhaps a Quaker? William Chesheire, presented to the grand inquest on November 24, 1680 for hog stealing, was convicted. Since hog stealing was a most serious crime in the Province, he was severely penalized. He had to pay treble damages, to stand four hours in the pillory, to have his ears cropped and to be branded on the forehead with an H. Cheshire said all these charges were based on suborned testimony, so he sued the suborner, Thomas Carvile for three hundred pounds sterling. Carvile prayed and got a jury trial. On March 31, 1681, the jury came, and being elected tryed and Sworne to say the truth in the premises, said on their oath that Thomas Carvile was guilty. And they awarded Cheshire pounds of tobacco. Carvile prayed and got an arrest of judgment. But, after the delay until the next ses sion of the Court, Carvile came not but made default, and Cheshire was awarded the pounds of tobacco with 6250 pounds more for costs (post. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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