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Kent County Criminal Proceedings, 1724-1728
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                                            March Court 1723                                                3

form of the act of assembly in that Case made and provided
                                                            M. Howard Cler. pac.
    Underneath the preceeding Indictment was written as foll viz.t
                Billa Vera Josias Lanham foreman.
   
    Afterwards to wit the Seventeenth Day March Anno Domini one thousand
Seven hundred and twenty three Cometh hereinto Court the afd Michael Howard
attny of the s.d Lord Prop.ry and for as much as he hath not Evidences Sufficient
to maintain the Charge laid in the Indictment afd against the afd William Burk
Confesseth herein Court that he will not prosecute the same Indictm.t any farther
against the said William Burk  Therefore it is Considered by the Justices here to wit
at the Courthouse in the Town of Chester in Kent Coty afd the Seventeenth Day of
March Anno Dom. one thousand Seven hundred and twenty three that the afd
William Burk as to the Indictment afd go thereof without Day and be there
from acquitted also it is Considered that the s.d William pay the sume of twelve
hundred & Seventy one pounds of Tobacco Costs accruing on the
premises afd to the officers of this Court
                                                                            Jam.s Smith Clk.

    The afd William Burk haveing Enter'd into Recognizance at last Court
for appearance to this Court to answer the Indictment afd.  Ordered that the
Same Recognizance & Suretys be Discharged

    William Burk of Kent County Labourer at last Court did acknowledge
himselfe indebted unto the right Honourable the Lord prop.ry of this province his
heires and Successors in the sume of twenty pound sterl to be made and Levy'd of
his goods and Chattels Lands and Tenements Conditionally that if the same W.m
Burk should not make his personal appearance at the then next County Court to
beheld for said County to answer unto the Indictm.t afd. and now at the said next Court
to wit at the Court house in the Town of Chester this Seventeenth Day of March Anno
Domini one thousand Seven hundred & twenty three the afd William Burk appears
and there upon his recognizance is Discharged                                    also

    Gideon Pearce Gentl. and John Clark planter both of Kent County at
last Court did acknowledge themselves indebted unto the right honourable the
Lord. Prop.ry of this Province his heires and Successors in the Sume of tenn pound
Sterl each to be made and Leveyed of their goods and Chattels Lands and
Tenements Conditionally that if y.e afd William Burk Should not make
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