1779 Early Am-Doc>AARON DAVIS THO CHOSEN CONSTABLE REFUSES JOB & TO PAY FINE!

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1779 Early American Document on Hand Laid Paper With A Papermakers Watermark. .Bristol: For The Honorable The Justices of The Court Of General Sessions of The Peace Now Holden at sd Taunton For sd County The 2nd Tuesday of June  AD 1779 Stephen Bordon of Freetown in The same County Humbly Shows That Aaron Davis Freetown Yeoman at a Legal For sd Town  Annual  Meeting For sd Town Holden Freetown  On The 15th day of March Last Past  WAS DULY CHOSEN TO SERVE IN THE OFFICE Of A CONSTABLE IN SD TOWN Being by Law Liable To Be sd Chosen  Which he was duly Notified or The Present Year He Being Liable By Law To Be So Chosen & Able in Person To Execute Same Office of Which he Was Then & There Notified and Then  & Liable in Person To Execute The Same Office and Was Then & There Duly Notified of The Same & REFUSED TO PAY DOWN THE FINE BY LAW REQUIRED IN SUCH CASES  THO THEN & THERE REQUESTED The Sd Stephon Bordon Therefore Prays Your Honor's That The sd Arron Davis May Be Proceeded With as To Law & Justice Appertains .  Stephon Bordon Signs.  On Verso it States  Complaint vs Arron Davis of Freetown Not Serving As Constable Ordered To Appear at Next Term To Then. Certified   One of The Dislikes of The Job Was The Collecting of All The Taxes & They Picked For Character ( READ & WRITE) & Not Size & The Drunks & The Amount of People That Picked Fights & Beat Them Unmercifully Unbelievable! Fines Sometimes 16 Shillings 5 3/4 X 7 1/2"  .05 Media Mail. Satisfaction Always Guaranteed.