Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts, 1639-1702: The Pynchon Court Record, an Original Judges' Diary of the Administration of Justice in the Springfield Courts in the Massachusetts Bay Colony"...The Diary is also a colorful record of the mores of that colonial community [Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]. Witchcraft, juvenile delinquency, bootlegging--they are all there. "Follies and foibles; prejudices and petty quarrels; crimes and misdemeanors; jealousies, hopes, and fears--the Diary runs the gamut of human frailties and human passions"--Foreword. |
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... commissioners might appeal to the Court of Assistants . In June 1641 the General Court authorized the next magistrate to advise with any commissioners for hearing small causes who might desire assistance and to administer oaths to wit ...
... commissioners might appeal to the Court of Assistants . In June 1641 the General Court authorized the next magistrate to advise with any commissioners for hearing small causes who might desire assistance and to administer oaths to wit ...
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... commissioners respectively . Yet such construction admits of some doubt in the case of the Springfield commissioners since the powers exercised in civil actions and criminal cases by such commissioners under their existing commission ...
... commissioners respectively . Yet such construction admits of some doubt in the case of the Springfield commissioners since the powers exercised in civil actions and criminal cases by such commissioners under their existing commission ...
Page 97
... commissioners to end small causes at Northampton.19 The Record contains only two meetings of the " County Court " established by the May 28 , 1659 order ; these were held at Spring- field in September 1659 and March 1660.20 However , a ...
... commissioners to end small causes at Northampton.19 The Record contains only two meetings of the " County Court " established by the May 28 , 1659 order ; these were held at Spring- field in September 1659 and March 1660.20 However , a ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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