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(seq. 36)
28 issued by me the said Justice on the said 19th day of Januuary, upon the complaint of John Williams of said resident in said Cambrdige husbandman, for that the said Amboy did on the night between the 14th & 15th days of January aforesaid by force & arms break at Cambridge aforesaid break into the house cornbarn of said John Williams & did from thence steal & carry away two bushels of indian corn in the ear to the damage of said John Williams in the sum of eight shillings & against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth & the form of the law in that case made & provided; Wherefore I the said Justice demand of the said Amboy now present before me whether he is guilty or not guilty of the charge contained in said warrant now read to him; to which the said Amboy replies & plead that he is not guilty: But after hearing & examining diver witneses sworn to testify the whole truth relating to said charge & fully hearing the defence of said Amboy;
(seq. 37)
29 it appears to me the said Jusice that the said Am- boy is guilty as before charged: therefore it is considered by me the said Justice that he the said Amboy pay to the said John treble damages & also that he pay costs of suit; the corn being estimated at four shillings & the treble damages making up eight shillings more & the costs taxed at seven shillings & four pence, amounting in the whole to nineteen shillings & four pence, & that he stand committed till sentence is performed. J
James Winthrop {Justice of the Peace}
NB.The parties settled in open court & the prisoner is discharged.
---------------------------------------------------------Middlesex [sc.?] Be it remembered that on the 27th day of January 1791, Thomas Cook a vagrant person is brought before me James Winthrop {Esquire}, one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in for said County, by Charles Butter one of the Constables of Cambridge in said County by warrant from me the said Justice upon the complaint of William Locke of said Cambridge
(seq. 38)
30 husbandman, for that the said Thomas Cook did in the night between the 26th & 27th days of said January by force & arms break into the store house of said William in Cambridge aforesaid & did from thence steal with an intent to carry away, one pair of cloth shoes, about a yard & half of duck, three fowls & sundry other articles to the damage of the said William in the sum of twelve shillings against the peace & dignity of the Commonwealth & the form of the law in that case made & provided: Wherefore I the said Justice demand of the said Thomas Cook now present before me whether he is guilty or not guilty of the charge contained in said warrant & now read to him, to which he replies & pleads that he is not guilty, but after hearing & examining divers witnesses sworn to testify the whole truth relative to said charge & fully hearing the defence of said Thomas; it appears to me the said Justice that the said Thomas Cook is guilty as before charged: And he
(seq. 39)
[page mark 31?] having been before convicted of a similar offence it is considered by one the said Justice that said Thomas Cook stand take his trial at the next Supreme Judicial Court to be held at Concord in said County on the second t=Tues-day in April next & that he stand committed till sentence be performed
James Winthrop {Justice of the Peace}
NB. At the Supreme Court he was discharged it not appearing that Locke had any property in the goods ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Middlesex [se?]. Be it remembred that on the 17th d twenty first day of November in the year of our Lord 1791, I James Winthrop Esq, one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in said County, join in marriage Nehemiah Rand of Lyndesborough in the State of New Hampshire Esq, & Marga-ret Prentiss of Cambridge in said County single woman; it appearing to me that
(seq. 40)
32 the intentions of the parties have been regularly published agreeably to the form of the law in that care made & provided
James Winthrop Just Peace
NB. Rev. President Willard & his daughter Sophia, Mrs Kettell sister of the bride with her husband & children, Walter Frost & his sister Sarah with other persons were present, & a certificate of the marriage given immediately to Mr Rand.
certified to Town Clerk
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Middlesex [sc?] Be it remembred that on the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord 1791, I James Winthrop Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace within & for said County, join in marriage Cato Bancroft & Nancy Cullen both of Cambridge in said County, negroes; the intentions of the parties appearing by a certificate from the town clerk of said Cambridge to have been regularly published agreeably to the