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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Page 135
... present their names to the next Magistrate , or Commissioner invested with Magistratical power , who shall proceed against them as the Law direct , as also they are in like manner to present the names of all single persons that live ...
... present their names to the next Magistrate , or Commissioner invested with Magistratical power , who shall proceed against them as the Law direct , as also they are in like manner to present the names of all single persons that live ...
Page 182
... present a special verdict , but no such verdict appears in the Record.33 Little appears in the Record as to the details of trial procedure . Presumably plaintiff presented his case first . Such presentation might entail a statement of ...
... present a special verdict , but no such verdict appears in the Record.33 Little appears in the Record as to the details of trial procedure . Presumably plaintiff presented his case first . Such presentation might entail a statement of ...
Page 210
... present house and fencinge and if he shall leave it in better case than it is at present then he then shall injoy it shall pay such cost as shall be judged to make it better for his use by indifferent parties and if one of the two sonns ...
... present house and fencinge and if he shall leave it in better case than it is at present then he then shall injoy it shall pay such cost as shall be judged to make it better for his use by indifferent parties and if one of the two sonns ...
Contents
The Pynchon Manuscript 3 9 | 3 |
William Pynchon | 6 |
John Pynchon | 32 |
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