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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... persons transporting money out of the colony , to commit to prison idlers , runaways , common drunkards , pilferers , common nightwalkers and wanton persons , and to punish willful defacers of public records . In small theft cases , as ...
... persons transporting money out of the colony , to commit to prison idlers , runaways , common drunkards , pilferers , common nightwalkers and wanton persons , and to punish willful defacers of public records . In small theft cases , as ...
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... Persons Vested with Magistratical Powers Since the number of magistrates was limited , the General Court found it advisable to vest certain persons from time to time with what it termed " magistratical powers . " The first instance is ...
... Persons Vested with Magistratical Powers Since the number of magistrates was limited , the General Court found it advisable to vest certain persons from time to time with what it termed " magistratical powers . " The first instance is ...
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... persons found drunk or in their drunkenness abusing the constable or others , to commit such persons to safekeeping or impris- onment or to take bond for their appearance , as he saw cause , and to inform the next magistrate thereof ...
... persons found drunk or in their drunkenness abusing the constable or others , to commit such persons to safekeeping or impris- onment or to take bond for their appearance , as he saw cause , and to inform the next magistrate thereof ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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