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Bristol County, Massachusetts, Court Records

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Document Name: Warrant for the arrest of William Akens

Author: Seth Williams
Date: July 16, 1734
Place: Taunton, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): Samuel White

Abstract: A document written and signed by Seth Williams, Bristol County justice of the peace, directing the sheriff to arrest William Akens and bring him before a justice on suspicion of entering the Taunton home of Samuel Williams, Jr., and stealing a spoon. The warrant also directs the sheriff to summon Williams to prosecute his complaint, as well as Noah Williams and Samuel White, to give evidence. White's endorsement, as deputy sheriff, appears on the reverse, where an addendum in Seth Williams's hand indicates that because the case exceeds his jurisdiction as a single justice of the peace, Williams has committed Akens to custody, presumably pending the next sitting of the Bristol County Court of General Sessions.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (25 x 20 cm.) on 1 sheet. Red wax seal upper left. Docketing and endorsement on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-61


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