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To all Constables, and other his Majesty’s Officers of the Peace for the said County |
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WHEREAS HESTER ANDREW of the Parish of Saint Germans in the said County single Woman, in her Examination taken this Day in Writing and upon Oath, before me (one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the said County of Cornwall) hath voluntarily declared that she is with Child, and that the said Child is likely to be Born a Bastard, and to be Chargeable to the said parish of Saint Germans and the said HESTER ANDREW hath in the said Examination, Charged JAMES JAY of the Parish of Morval in this County Husbandman with having begotten the said Child on her Body, with which she is now Pregnant: AND Whereas, CHARLES CONGDION Overseer of the Poor, of the said Parish of Saint Germans hath made Application unto me, for the immediate Apprehending the said JAMES JAY to Answer to the Premises: THESE are therefore, in his Majesty’s Name, to Authorize and require you, and every of you to Apprehend the said JAMES JAY and to bring him before me, or some other of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for this County of Cornwall that he may be proceeded against as the Law directs. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 14th Day of November in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty one.
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Contributed by Shirley Cattermole |
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