Botetourt County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Court.....Minutes, County Court September 1774 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 3, 2007, 5:16 pm Source: Annals Of S W Virginia Written: September 1774 At a court contd. A held at Botetourt Courthouse the 16th of September, 1774 for the examination of Edwan McLaughlin and Nathaniel Melefant at Botetourt Courthouse the 16th of September on suspicion of their stealing sundry goods the property of Geo. Kelley. Present: George Skillern, Benjamin Estill, Wm. McClenachan and Adam Smyth, Gentlemen. The said Edward McLaughlin and Katherine Melefant being arraigned by their consent of the felony aforesaid, pleaded thereto not guilty, and thereupon the said George Kelly being sworn & examined and the prisoners heard on their defence. On consideration whereof and by the consent of the said Edward and Katherine that the court should inflict such corporal punishment on them as they should think fit, it is the opinion of the court that they are guilty of a misdemeanor and that the said Edward ought on his bare back ten lashes and that the said Katharine ought to receive on her bare back twenty four lashes, and it is ordered that the Sheriff do execution of this judgment, and that they prisoners be discharged out of custody. Ord. that the ct. be adjd. These proceedings signed by George Skillern Additional Comments: Extracted from: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS Member of American Historical Association, Virginia Historical Society; Alumnus University of Virginia and Tulane University (Louisiana); Member American Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association Author of HISTORY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 1740-1786 WASHINGTON COUNTY VIRGINIA 1777-1870 PUBLISHED BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS ABINGDON, VIRGINIA 1929 COPYRIGHT, 1929, BY LEWIS PRESTON SUMMERS MANUFACTURED COMPLETE BY THE KINGSPORT PRESS KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE United States of America File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/botetourt/court/minutes49gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb