Would be Acquitted thereof the said Joseph Metford< no role > Saith that he is not Guilty thereof and
Concerning this for good and ill he puts himself upon the County and Jerome Knapp< no role > Esquire Clerk of
the assires for the County aforesaid who prosecutes for our said Lord the King in the behalf doth the like
Therefore let a Jury immediately come before the said Justices of [..] said Lord the King above named and others their Fellows Justicesaforesaid here who are not of Kin to the said
Joseph Metford< no role > to Recognize upon their Oath whether the said Joseph Metford< no role > be Guilty of the Felony and Burglary in
the Indictment Aforesaid above Specified or not And the Jurors of the said Jury by the said Sheriff to this
matter Impanneld and returned (to wit) John Moys< no role > Stephen Kirby< no role > John Blake< no role > John Strudwicks< no role > Thomas
Silvester< no role > John Driver< no role > Thomas Budgen< no role > George Woodyer< no role > John Costyn< no role > John Miles< no role > James Glover< no role > and George
Kempster< no role > being Called come who being Elected Tryed and Sworn to speak the truth of and Concerning the
premises Aforesaid do say upon their Oath that the said Joseph Metford< no role > is Guilty of the said Felony and Burglary in
the said Indictment in manner and form as by the said Indictment is Charged on him And that at the time
of Committing the Felony and Burglary aforesaid or at any time afterwards to this time he had not nor hath any Goods or
Chattles Lands or Tenements in the said County of Surry or else where to the Knowledge of the said
Jurors and thereupon it is forthwith demanded of the said Joseph metford< no role > if he hath or can say any
thing for himself why the Court here should not proceed to Judgement and Execution against him upon the
[..] Verdict Aforesaid who nothing farther saith but what he had before said upon which all and Singular
the premises being seen and by the Court here fully understood It is Considered by the Court here that
the said Joseph Metford< no role > be taken to the Gaol of our said Lord the King of the said County of Surry
from whence he came And from thence to the place of Execution and there be hanged by the neck untill he be

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