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Document Name: Warrant for the arrest of Benjamin Corry (Cory), et al.

Author: Thomas Church
Date: June 25, 1720
Place: Little Compton, Massachusetts
Endorsement(s): Thomas Stodder

Abstract: A document written and signed by Thomas Church, Bristol County justice of the peace, directing the sheriff to arrest Benjamin Corry (Cory), Benjamin Brownell, Robert Lanworthy (Langworthy), all of Little Compton, and to bring them before a justice of the peace to answer a complaint alleging that they had injured a plow horse and killed a mare belonging to James Dyer. The document also directs the sheriff to summon Constant Church, Jonathan Smith, William Briggs, and Thomas Brownell as witnesses; with endorsement on the reverse by Thomas Stodder, constable.

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 1 page (22 x 19 cm.) on 1 sheet. Red wax seal upper left. Docketing and endorsement on verso.

Number: MSN/COL 2717-36

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