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    1. [GREEN-L] Elizabeth Greene 16xx
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    3. [This is from a wonderfull site on the hist of MD court records... *BB:298] The Jury for the Rigt Honble the Lord Proprietary Doe prsent Elizabeth Greene of Garriden in Calvert County spinster the sixth day of May in the yeare of Our Lord God 1664 being bigg wth Childe by Gods Providence was delivered of a Certaine living man Childe which said living man Childe She the said Elizabeth Greene did throw into the fire, And soe that the said Elizabeth Greene the living man Childe by throwing into the fire in manner and forme aforesaid, then and there feloniously and of malice forethought did Kill and Murder Contrary to the peace of his said Lorsp his Rule and Dignity-- The Grand Jury discharged and the Petite Jury called (vizt) Foreman Mr Richard Smyth, Thomas Bennitt, Joseph Horsley, William Hatten ,Wm Dorrington William Watts, Francis Armstrong, Robert Jones, Robert Blinckhorne, William Black ,William Groome, William Harper. The presentments was againe read to the said Jurors, And the Evidences Called Examined and Sworne as afore-The Jurors wthdrew to Consider on the said Bills and their Charge-- The Jurors being called and answering all of them to theire Call by theire Severall names-The fforeman delivers in theire Verdicts endorced on the backside of each bill with this word (vizt) Guilty-- [*BB:299] Then was it demanded of Elizabeth Greene, what she had to say for herselfe, Answered that she threw herselfe on the mercy of the Board, being againe demanded if that was all she had to say, she Answered Yes-Then Sentence of Death past upon her by the Governor and Judge in these words following (vizt) Elizabeth Greene Yow shall bee Carryed to the place from whence yow Came, from thence to the place of Execucon, and there bee hang'd by the neck till yow are dead. and soe God have Mercy upon yor Soule. On the Morrow being the 8th of July 1664 warrt issued to the Sheriffe of st Marys County for the prformance of Execucon (vizt) Whereas Elizabeth Greene was att Our Court of Sessions Arraigned for Murder and there found Guilty by the Virdict of the Jury, upon which sentence of Death was past as by the Judgment given on the 6th day of July 1664 doth upon Our Record appeare,-- These are in the name of the Rigt Honble the Lord Proprietary of this province to will and require yow to see the said Elizabeth Greene Liber B B carryed to the place of Execucon this 8th prsent betwixt 8 and 9 of the Clock in the morning there to hang by the neck till she be dead according to the Judgmt given on the 6th day of this prsent Instant, And for soe doeing this shall be yor Warrant Given undr my hand this 8th July 1664-- Signed Charles Calvert To the High Sherriffe of St Marys County

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